John A. Zalonis photograph collection. 1945-1955.

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John A. Zalonis photograph collection. 1945-1955.

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Contains the following type of materials: photographs. Covers the following war: World War II (WWII). General description of the collection: The John A. Zalonis photograph collection covers two unrelated subjects. The first group deals with the war in the Pacific during WWII and the making of the nation of the Philippines in 1946. The other group are photos of Berlin before and after WWII acquired in 1955 when John A. Zalonis served in Aschaffenburg, Germany. The Pacific Theater photos are "stock" Signal Corps and Navy photos reproduced and sold as souvenirs to service personnel. They show some of the more macabre aspects of war - dead bodies, mutilated bodies, bodies washed ashore, bodies burned from flame throwers, etc. Others show natives of the Philippine Islands and both Filipino and Japanese prisoners. The nationhood photos are of the ceremony dealing with the inauguration of the nation of the Philippines, prominent among the participants being General Douglas MacArthur. Those of Berlin show the beautiful architecture and parks of the capitol city and the destruction and devastation of those same sites as a result of the bombing and land fight for the city.

1 box (82 photographs)

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SNAC Resource ID: 7616051

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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MacArthur, Douglas, 1880-1964

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General of the Army Douglas MacArthur (26 January 1880 – 5 April 1964) was an American five-star general and Field Marshal of the Philippine Army. He was Chief of Staff of the United States Army during the 1930s and played a prominent role in the Pacific theater during World War II. He received the Medal of Honor for his service in the Philippines campaign, which made him and his father Arthur MacArthur Jr. the first father and son to be awarded the medal. He was one of only five to rise to the ...

Zalonis, John A.

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