Creator

Preview

image preview

Identifier

20032333

Description

A special troop train bearing 377 Texas members of the 86th Division Black Hawks stopped at Texas & Pacific (T&P) Station on it's way to Fort Sam Houston. The men exuberant over being back in their home state, spenta two-hour stopover cavorting about T&P Station. Shown is Private First Class George L. Hess standing outside a railroad car. Published in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram Evening Edition June 22, 1945.

Archival Date

1945-06-21

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-344

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

Rights

Rights held by The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections. Any use of content downloaded or printed from this page is limited to non-commercial personal or educational use, including fair use as directed by U.S. copyright laws. For more information or for reproduction requests, please contact UTA Special Collections by emailing spcoref@uta.edu.

Subjects

Soldiers; Railroad companies; Railroad stations; United States.Army.Infantry Division,86th; Hess, George L. (Pfc.); Fort Sam Houston (Tex.); Texas & Pacific Station (T&P); Military uniforms

Subjects

Soldiers; Railroad companies; Railroad stations; United States.Army.Infantry Division,86th; Hess, George L. (Pfc.); Fort Sam Houston (Tex.); Texas & Pacific Station (T&P); Military uniforms

Share

 
COinS