Search Results
- IDNO:
- 052000
- Title:
- President Franklin D. Roosevelt Boards Cruiser Houston, San Francisco Bay, CA
- Date:
- 1939
- Description:
- American president Franklin D. Roosevelt inspected the Pacific Fleet, including the U.S.S. West Virginia.
- IDNO:
- 052002
- Title:
- Shore Battery in Hawaii
- Date:
- ca. 1940
- Description:
- American military work with coastal artillery during a defense campaign. Photograph comes from a U.S.S. West Virginia scrapbook.
- IDNO:
- 052393
- Title:
- U.S.S. West Virginia Landing Vehicle Headed for Okinawa Beaches
- Date:
- 1945/04
- Description:
- Troops loaded into landing vehicles head for the beaches of Okinawa as part of the largest amphibious assault in the Pacific theater during World War II. The U.S.S. West Virginia is pictured in the background.
- IDNO:
- 052394
- Title:
- U.S.S. West Virginia Anchored in Sagami Wan, Japan
- Date:
- 1945/08
- Description:
- The battleship is anchored in Sagami Wan, which is located just outside of Tokyo Bay. In the background is Mount Fuji.
- IDNO:
- 052691
- Title:
- Melvin H. Kimble
- Date:
- ca. 1930-1944
- Description:
- Hand-colored portrait of Melvin H. Kimble, a native of Moundsville, W. Va. Kimble was a marksman and member of the 5th Ranger Infantry Battalion during World World II.
- IDNO:
- 052692
- Title:
- Melvin H. Kimble
- Date:
- ca. 1930-1944
- Description:
- Portrait of Melvin H. Kimble, a native of Moundsville, W. Va. Kimble was a marksman and member of the 5th Ranger Infantry Battalion during World World II.Reverse reads "Born October 26, 1920. Died December 3, 1944, killed in the "Battle of the Bulge." Buried at Sand Hill, PA Green County."
- IDNO:
- 052693
- Title:
- Christmas in Germany
- Date:
- ca. 1930-1944
- Description:
- Melvin H. Kimble celebrating Christmas in Germany.Kimble was a native of Moundsville, W. Va. He was a marksman and member of the 5th Ranger Infantry Battalion during World World II.
- IDNO:
- 052694
- Title:
- Headquarters of Fifteenth Infantry U.S. Army
- Date:
- ca. 1930-1944
- Description:
- Melvin H. Kimble in front of the Headquarters of the Fifteenth Infantry U.S. Army.
- IDNO:
- 052695
- Title:
- Melvin H. Kimble with Friend
- Date:
- ca. 1930-1944
- Description:
- Melvin H. Kimble and unidentified man at a bar in Germany before the Battle of the Bulge.
- IDNO:
- 052696
- Title:
- U.S. Army Troops
- Date:
- ca. 1930-1944
- IDNO:
- 052697
- Title:
- Portrait of Melvin H. Kimble
- Date:
- ca. 1930-1944
- IDNO:
- 052698
- Title:
- Melvin H. Kimble and Friend
- Date:
- ca. 1930-1944