[Service Members Attending Purple Heart Ceremony]

Photograph at the presentation of Purple Hearts in Noumea, New Caledonia, August 1944. Men and women service members stand at attention, while unidentified officer standing in front of them speaks into microphone.
Date: August 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Purple Heart Presentation at New Caledonia]

Photograph of a field where a presentation of Purple Hearts is taking place in Noumea, New Caledonia on August 1944. On the left stand a 2 groups of service members standing at attention, in the center stands another group at attention with one member standing with the American flag and a group of women are lined up facing them. On the right side of the photograph stands service members amongst some folding chairs, and a service band.
Date: August 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Wounded Soldiers at Purple Heart Presentation]

Photograph of wounded servicemen at a presentation of Purple Hearts in Noumea, New Caledonia in August of 1944 in the middle of a large dirt area. On the right stands two rows of injured servicemen at attention, and on the right more servicemen standing at attention with a row sitting in the center on folding chairs due to leg injuries. The dirt area has been carved out of rolling hills that appear in the background of the photo. A portion of the camp can also be seen in the background.
Date: August 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Officer Speaking at Purple Heart Presentation]

Photograph taken at a Presentation of Purple Hearts in Noumea, New Caledonia in August of 1944. On the right stands an officer speaking into a microphone and behind him to the right stands service women and men at attention.
Date: August 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Purple Heart Recipients]

Photograph of a group of Purple Heart recipients taken at a Purple Heart ceremony in Noumea, New Caledonia. The recipients are in two lines, the back line all standing, and the front seated.
Date: August 1944
Creator: Wilcox, E. E.
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Ungroomed Marines Being Addressed by Officer]

Photograph of a presentation of Purple Hearts in Noumea, New Caledonia, in August of 1944. Four Marines are lined up and standing at attention for an officer standing in front of them, while women service members hold papers off to the left alongside another officer.
Date: August 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Service Men and Women Passing Out Papers at Presentation of Purple Heart]

Photograph of a Presentation of Purple Hearts in Noumea, New Caledonia in August of 1944. On the left there are four people in white uniforms handing out papers to service members as they pass by while on the left a man is shown with his back to the camera.
Date: August 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Servicemen and Women at Attention at a Presentation of Purple Hearts]

Photograph taken at a Presentation of Purple Hearts in Noumea, New Caledonia in August of 1944. Group of men and women military members stand at attention in rows behind a microphone.
Date: August 1944
Creator: unknown
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Becky Van Meter Pinning Purple Heart on Sailor]

Photograph of Becky Van Meter on the right pinning a Purple Heart to one sailor in a line of them with an officer standing to her left.
Date: August 1944
Creator: Wilcox, E. E.
System: The Portal to Texas History