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[Portrait of Lt. Merchant William Colgin Jr.]

Photograph of Lieutenant Merchant William Colgin Jr. of Waco, Texas posing for a portrait in a military uniform. A handwritten message describes the journey of the photograph's subject: "Mert's part of embarkation. Sent from here on to Galveston, Texas to sail for England- Ship was sunk after torpedoed. Rescued & Taken to Bermuda. Back to states. Married. Shipped out again to England."
Date: 1942
Creator: Willis, David Pond
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[John Todd Willis, Jr. at Fort Dix]

Photograph of John Todd Willis, Jr. standing in the snow at Fort Dix, New Jersey, in his army uniform. Trees and houses are visible behind him.
Date: [1942-12..1943-01]
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph of 142nd Infantry Regiment, 36th Division in Fort Dix, New Jersey]

Photograph of a group of soldiers standing in rows in an open field, with several buildings in the distance behind them. They are identified as the 142nd Infantry Regiment, 36th Division Officers Call, Fort Dix, New Jersey. The troops had been trained at Camp Bowie before eventually being transferred to Fort Dix. The sixth man from the right on the front row is identified as "Grady Leach, Capt. Motor officer, Service Company, 142 Infantry Regiment." The twelfth man from the right on the front row is identified as "Price Middleton, Capt., Ballinger, Laten Battalion Commander in 1942." The second man from the left on the second row is identified as Leonard W. Spence. The seventh man on from the right on the third row is identified as 1st Lieutenant Frank S. Kula.
Date: 1943
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Orders #8] (open access)

[Aircraft Delivery Orders #8]

Orders for several Air Force pilots and WASP to ferry various aircraft from Wichita, Kansas to Fort Dix, New Jersey.
Date: January 31, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum Receipt #4] (open access)

[Memorandum Receipt #4]

Army delivery receipt certifying that WASP Gayle D. Ewing ferried a PT-13 D model aircraft to an air base in Fort Dix, New Jersey to be installed with a radio and bombsight equipment.
Date: January 31, 1944
Creator: Army Air Forces War Department
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Aircraft Delivery Orders #3] (open access)

[Aircraft Delivery Orders #3]

Orders for an Air Force pilot and two WASP to ferry planes from the Beech Aircraft Corporation in Wichita, Kansas to San Angelo, Texas and Fort Dix, New Jersey.
Date: February 9, 1944
Creator: 555th Army Air Forces Base Unit - 5th Ferrying Group
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History
[Memorandum Receipt #3] (open access)

[Memorandum Receipt #3]

Army delivery receipt certifying that a UC-45 model aircraft was delivered to Fort Dix, New Jersey to be installed with radio and bomsight equipment.
Date: February 9, 1944
Creator: Army Air Forces War Department
Object Type: Text
System: The Portal to Texas History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0319.0075]

Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Getting his 45th division reunion badge from Mrs. Elaine Cook , 409 1/2 NE 25, is Maj. Gen. W. W. Eagles, Fort Dix, N. J. , who commanded the division in one of its most bitter years overseas."
Date: November 14, 1946
Creator: Cobb, Richard
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0319.0072]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Major General W. W. Eagles, Commanding General of Fort Dix, New Jersey, is shown above as he boarded an Army transport plane today at the Fort Dix airfield en route to Oklahoma City, Okla., where he will deliver an address at the convention of the 45th Division Association on November 16."
Date: November 25, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History

[Photograph 2012.201.B0319.0074]

Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Maj. Gen. W. w. Eagles, Commanding General of Fort Dix, New Jersey."
Date: November 25, 1946
Creator: unknown
Object Type: Photograph
System: The Gateway to Oklahoma History