William C. Braly photograph collection. 1926-1963.

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William C. Braly photograph collection. 1926-1963.

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Contains the following types of materials: photographs, sketches. Covers the following war and time periods: 1926-1941, World War II (WWII), 1946-1963. Contains photographs of the following military units: 63rd Coast Artillery; 64th Coast Artillery. General description of the collection: The William C. Braly photograph collection consists of three major groups. These are Captain William C. Braly's activities with various units of the Coast Artillery, 1926-1941; WWII in the Philippine Islands and prisoners of war prisoners of war (POWs) from Corregidor; and post-war activities of reunions of ex-POWs. Also included are a few sketches made by a POW of his camp along with several newspaper clippings from the Manila Japanese propaganda newspaper. In several of the reunion photos, General Jonathan Wainwright is seen addressing the ex-POWs.

1 box (129 photographs)

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7636081

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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United States. Army. Coast Artillery

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Braly, William C., 1888-

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William C. Braly was a United States (U.S.) Army officer. He served as captain, 63rd and 64th U.S. Antiaircraft Artillery Regiments; colonel, 92nd U.S. Coast Artillery Regiment; operations officer, Harbor Defenses, Manila and Subic Bays. From the description of William C. Braly papers, 1781-1968. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 48020320 ...

Wainwright, Jonathan Mayhew, 1883-1953

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Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright IV (b. August 23, 1883, Walla Walla, WA–d. September 2, 1953, San Antonio, TX) was a career American army officer and the Commander of Allied forces in the Philippines at the time of their surrender to the Empire of Japan during World War II. The son of Army officer during Spanish-American War Robert Powell Page Wainwright and grandson of Jonathan Mayhew Wainwright II, Lieutenant in Civil War, he attended West Point. Wainwright was promoted to major during World War I....