Frank O. Bowman photograph collection. 1919-1955.

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Frank O. Bowman photograph collection. 1919-1955.

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Contains the following types of materials: photographs, photo albums. Covers the following war: World War II (WWII), Korean War. Contains photographs of the following military units and organizations: 3rd Engineers; 29th Engineers; 405th Water Supply Battalion. General description of the collection: The Frank O. Bowman photograph collection consists of photos from his military career. His graduating class from USMA visited Europe and the battlefields of World War I (WWI) in 1919. One album of photos contains images of that tour. There is an album from his teaching ROTC at Auburn Polytechnic Institute, Alabama. In an album dated 1942-1944, there are numerous photos of the activities of the 405th Water Supply Battalion; the Fifth (5th) Army and General Mark Clark. The final album contains photos of Bowman's command as engineer chief of the FECOM in Korea and Okinawa.

2 boxes (454 photographs)

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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SNAC Resource ID: 7646758

U.S. Army Heritage & Education Center

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United States. Army. Army, 5th

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The Union Barrack-Ades, organized in 1942 by Ada and Ernest L. Grawemeyer, was a USO-type troupe which toured the Third and Fifth Army bases, including, Fort Bragg (North Carolina), Fort Benning (Georgia), Fort Rucker, (Alabama), Fort Benjamin Harrison (Indiana), Fort Carson (Colorado), and Fort Riley (Kansas). The dancers and musicians travelled under Army orders in the summers putting on two or three shows daily. Over the years, thousands of soldiers were entertained in service clubs, parking ...

United States. Army. Engineers, 3rd

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United States. Army. Water Supply Battalion, 405th

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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...

United States. Army. Engineers, 29th

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Clark, Mark Wayne, 1896-1984

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Mark Wayne Clark (1896-1984) was born in Madison Barracks, New York. After he graduated from West Point in 1917, he commissioned in the infantry. During World War I, he became wounded in combat while commanding a battalion in France. He served with the War Department General Staff from 1921 to 1924. He graduated from the Command and General Staff School in 1935 and the Army War College two years later. Between 1940 and 1942, he served at General Headquarters and then Army Ground Forces. He rose ...

Auburn Polytechnic Institute. ROTC Program

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Bowman, Frank O. (Frank Otto), 1896-1978.

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Bowman was an Army Engineer officer lieutenant in the 2nd and 9th Regiments, U.S. Engineers in the 1920s; served as engineer officer in Fifth Army staff during WW II; shortly in 8th Army Engineers in 1946; serving stateside between 1946-1949; in Korea in 1950 at Fort Leonard Wood in late 1950s; commanded 6th Armored Division in 1955. Served as district engineer at various sites over the years; chief engineer, Far East Command. From the description of The Frank O. Bowman papers, 1917-...