Erwin Thompson photograph collection. 1949-1953.

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Erwin Thompson photograph collection. 1949-1953.

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Contains the following type of materials: photographs. Covers the following war: Korean War. Contains photographs of the following military unit: 7th Quartermaster (QM) Company (Co.), 7th Infantry Division. General description of the collection: The Erwin Thompson photograph collection covers Mr. Thompson's military experience. It shows him as an enlisted man and training photos through Officer Candidate School at Fort Riley, Kansas; then as a young lieutenant at Fort Lee, Virginia; as an officer in the 7th Quartermaster Company, 7th Infantry Division in Korea in 1953; and, finally, on rest and recuperation (R & R) in Japan in 1953.

1 box (360 photographs)

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7614759

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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Thompson, Erwin N., 1926-1998

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Erwin N. “T” Thompson was born on August 18, 1926, in Cambridge, Massachusetts, the son of a Canadian army veteran of World War I. He grew up in Summerside, Prince Edward Island, Canada, and served in the Royal Canadian Navy for the duration of World War II. In 1947, drawn by an interest in military life he moved to Boston and enlisted in the U.S. Army. Early in 1949, following basic training, he was bound for Okinawa, Japan, as part of the postwar occupation forces. Erwin returned fro...

United States. Army

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The United States Army is the largest branch of the United States Armed Forces and performs land-based military operations. It is one of the seven uniformed services of the United States and is designated as the Army of the United States in the United States Constitution, Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1 and United States Code, Title 10, Subtitle B, Chapter 301, Section 3001. As the largest and senior branch of the U.S. military, the modern U.S. Army has its roots in the Continental Army, which wa...

Fort Riley (Kan.). Officer Candidate School

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