U.S. Army National Guard, 26th Yankee Division scrapbook [photographs], 1947.

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U.S. Army National Guard, 26th Yankee Division scrapbook [photographs], 1947.

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Scrapbook containing eighty photographs and clippings of the 26th (Yankee) Division during its first post-World War II training for service with the Massachusetts National Guard at Camp Edwards, Mass. during July of 1947. Some of the photographs depict Mass. governor Robert F. Bradford inspecting the troops. Many of the photographs were taken by the U.S. Army Signal Corps; the rest are snapshots taken by unidentified photographers. All are black-and-white.

80 photographs in 1 album.

Massachusetts Historical Society

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SNAC Resource ID: 7660192

Massachusetts Historical Society

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