Showing posts with label military. Show all posts
Showing posts with label military. Show all posts
Saturday, June 19, 2021
Uniformly
Thinking about dad this Father's Day weekend. I doubt he brought a vehicle on base while in boot camp, so I don't know who this car belongs to.
Tuesday, January 26, 2021
Jubilee
After some sleuthing, I have determined that this picture was taken in Junction City, KS most likely sometime between 1946 and 1955.
I also found that Fort Riley in Junction City was home to the 1st Infantry Mechanized Division and a frequent stop of General Wainwright. If you can see the "Eisenhower Drugs" sign behind the front tank, it was run by Dwight D Eisenhower's brother, Roy, and then Roy's widow after his death.
I'm pretty sure my uncle took this picture because he was a photographer in Junction City for decades and this is an 8 x 10 print, which would have been a luxury back then. There's also a possibility that his wife is on top of one of the tanks, but I can't be sure. Purely conjecture on my part.
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