U. S. O. Center, Brownwood: Soldiers reading and writing letters home

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20053186

Description

Soldiers at Camp Bowie now find recreation in one of the finest recreation centers in the country. It's Brownwood's new $69,000 United Service Organization (U. S. O.) Club recently completed and dedicated amid gay festivities. Six soldiers are pictured here. They are shown seated in the library reading magazines and writing letters home. In the scene are Corporal (Corp.) Charles Murphy of Newark, N. J. (front left) and Private (Pvt.) Raymond Oviatt of Salt Lake City, Utah; (back, left to right) are Corporal (Corp.) Spencer Ehrlich, Los Angeles, California; Staff Sergeant (Sgt.) R. P. French, Leedey, Oklahoma; Private (Pvt.) Harold Greenwald, Seattle, Washington, and Sergeant (Sgt.) J. J. Milheon, Paris, Arkansas. All are dressed in military uniforms. Published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram morning edition, March 15, 1942.

Archival Date

1942-02-23

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-1480

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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License

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Subjects

United Service Organizations (U.S.); Reading; Writing; Sports & recreation facilities; Military personnel; Military uniforms; Libraries; Camp Bowie (Brown County, Tex.); Societies and clubs