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[Troops at Attention]

Photograph of troops standing at attention outside the barracks at Camp Barkeley.
Date: February 1942
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[McMurry Maidens Orchestra]

Photograph of the McMurry Maidens Orchestra, dressed in long white gowns, at practice. One male soldier is seated to the left of the conductor.
Date: [1941..1945]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Roy Rightmire at Camp Barkeley]

Photograph of Roy Rightmire wearing a coat and soft cap while standing near a crossroads in Camp Barkeley. Clapboard buildings with smoking chimneys are visible behind him. An attached note says that he was one of the first men from the 119th Armored Battalion to die overseas.
Date: 1942~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ringwelski Outside Barracks]

Photograph of Clarence Ringwelski standing outside a barracks at Camp Barkeley.
Date: Spring 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldier in Front of Mess Hall]

Photograph of an unidentified 56th Armored Infantry Battalion soldier standing in front of a mess hall.
Date: [1943..1944]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Training Grounds]

Three photographs pasted to a black scrapbook page. In the top left photo, three soldiers carrying field packs stand on the side a dirt road. Other troops are visible behind them. The photo beneath it is a view of the training grounds in Buffalo Gap, Texas. In the photo to the right, four soldiers in combat uniform kneel in front of a wooden hutment at Camp Barkeley. A slatted wooden sidewalk is visible in the foreground.
Date: [1943..1945]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers in Hutment Area]

Four photographs pasted to a black scrapbook page. In both photos to the left, an unidentified soldier in dress uniform poses in the hutment area of Camp Barkeley. In the photo the top right, five soldiers in dress uniform pose in front of a wooden hutment. In the photo underneath, two more soldiers, stand outside at Camp Barkeley.
Date: [1943..1945]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers by Barracks]

Photograph of a soldier in fatigues watching a soldier in swimming trunks, who prepares to dive from a cot into a bucket swimming pool.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photographs of Soldiers]

Two photographs pasted to a black scrapbook page. In the photo to the left, an unidentified soldier poses in front of buildings in his dress uniform. In the other photo, a large group of soldiers carrying packs stop to rest in the field.
Date: [1943..1945]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers at Camp Barkeley]

Three photographs pasted to a black scrapbook page. The top left photo shows a view of the cedar hills at Camp Barkeley, and the bottom left photo shows two unidentified soldier posing together outside a hutment. In the photo to the right, two unidentified soldiers carrying field packs look over their shoulders towards the camera. Other soldiers with packs can be seen further down the road.
Date: [1943..1945]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Hagen and Nugent]

Photograph of Curtis Hagen and John Nugent sitting at Camp Barkeley.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers Outdoors]

Three photographs pasted to a black scrapbook page. In the top left photo, four soldiers, one of whom is seated at a table, pose in between two rows of hutments at Camp Barkeley. In the bottom left photo, three soldiers stand by a row of cots placed outside hutments. In the photo to the right, an unidentified soldier in uniform poses outside hutments.
Date: [1943..1945]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[William Lafkowitz Standing in Front of a Plywood Building]

Photograph of William Lafkowitz standing in front of a plywood hut at Camp Barkeley, Texas. He is wearing a U.S. Army uniform.
Date: 1943~
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Jaeger in Camo]

Photograph of Gene Jaeger, wearing camouflage, standing to the right of a vehicle at Camp Barkeley.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of Capt. Schwartz]

Photograph of Capt. Schwartz standing on the porch of the physical examination building at Camp Barkeley in Abilene, Texas.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Women at Picnic]

Photograph of people posing by cars at a picnic for the officers of Camp Barkeley's station hospital. Four women, including Mamie Tyner, Bran, and Mrs. Bridges, pose together to the right. Three soldiers, Martines, Capt. Miles, and Maj. Tyner, laugh together to the left.
Date: 1941
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Company A of the 119th Engineers on a Bailey Bridge]

Photograph of many uniformed members of the 119th Armored Engineer Battalion Company A standing on a bailey bridge. Most of the men are gathered to the right of a railing that is being straddled by a lone soldier. A guidon bearing the image of a fortress, "119," and "A" is held aloft in the background.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Troops on Training Exercise]

Photograph of members of the 56th Armored Infantry Battalion standing next to trucks in a field while on a training exercise at Camp Barkeley.
Date: [1943..1944]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldier Digging Hole]

Photograph of Charlie Staples with a shovel in hand, leaning down to dig a hole.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Howie Toms at Camp Barkeley]

Photograph of Howie Toms standing in front of a barracks at Camp Barkeley.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[McMurry Chanters]

Photograph of the all-female McMurry Chanters, dressed in long white gowns, lined up and singing at the Camp Barkeley Service Club. Another woman sits at a piano on the right.
Date: 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Charles Thomas Sitting Outdoors on a Cot]

Photograph of Private First Class Charles Thomas sitting outdoors on a cot. He is wearing a pair of white shorts and holds a camera in his right hand. A plywood hutment is located behind him.
Date: Summer 1944
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Corporal Caravelli, Sergeant Olivari, and Rubin Adelman in Dress Uniforms]

Photograph of Corporal Ferdinand Caravelli, Sergeant Olivari, and Rubin Adelman standing together in front of a building with a plywood wall. Each of the men are wearing dress uniforms and garrison caps.
Date: November 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Soldiers in Forest]

Three photographs pasted to a black scrapbook page. The top left photo shows two soldiers working in the mess area while in the field. The photo beneath it shows soldiers gathered in lines while on field exercises. In the photo to the right, three soldiers pose while on KP duty.
Date: [1943..1945]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History