Marine Corps League, Pennsylvania State Convention
Description
First Pennsylvania State Convention, Marine Corps League, at Lancaster, June 1946. Gen. Gerald Thomas, United States Marine Corps, speaker. George Spiese, Jr., is seated at the table in the center in dark suit. He won two Purple Hearts for service at Iwo Jima during World War II.
Americans Recaputre Maknassy - Ten of a patrol of 19 United States soldiers, led by Lt. Mervin G. Sneath, Lancaster, Pa., advance cautiously into the town of Maknassy, Tunisia, as they recaptured it after the enemy had fled northward. The men are on the alert for snipers. Taken during World War II for Illustrated Current News, Inc., New Haven, Connecticut.
Naval recruits on the steps of Hartman Hall, Franklin and Marshall College. Sign above entrance reads U. S. Naval Training Unit Headquarters. V-12, Co. F.
Naval recruits on the bleachers at Williamson Field, Franklin and Marshall College, Lancaster, during World War II. Names written on back of photograph: Parker Fernald, Lancaster, Pa.; Richard Lang, Queens, New York; Thomas Fitzgerald, Bronx, New York; Andrew A. Scanlon, Plainfield, N.J.; Jack Albert, Lebanon, Pa.; Frank Kazmer, Scranton, Pa.; Jack Hunter, Hackensack, N. J.; Robert J. Fraebel, Newark, N. J.; Big Bill Ilvente, Staten Island, New York; Paul Garrett, White Plains, N. Y.; [David] Beyler, Upper Darby, Penna.; George [Raver], York, Pa.; Frank Albert Anderson, Ashland, Neb.; Herbert S. Koehler Jr., Pitts., Pa.; Eugene F. Kernan, Chicago, Ill.; Paul D. guignet, Allentown, Penna.; Andy Hilgartner, Baltimore, Md.; Harry Delaney, Elizabeth, New Jersey; Bill Heinaman, Lancaster, Pa.; Frank james, West Grove, Pa.; James Kennedy, Lancaster, Penna.; Sol Karmel, Linden, N. J.; Bowie Kuhn, Washington, D. C.; M. J. Zellner, Pine Bush, N. Y.; Bob Turgeon, Floral Park, N. Y.; Morris B. Nix, Waterford, Va.; Robert J. Ordway, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Glenn E. Irvine, Pittsburgh, Pa.; Tom F. Marshall, Tulsa, Okla.; Jimmy Young, West Monterey, Pa.; Eddie "Charlie" Goebeler, Tuckahoe, N. Y.; Arthurh "Pete" Roalman, Pgh., Pa.; Jackson Mowel Jr., Wilmington, Del.
Group of young people sitting on the steps of St. Paul's Reformed Church, Lancaster. Names written on back: Ray, Mary Jane, Libby, Katie, Mary L. and V. Diffenderfer.
Provenance
Gift of Jean Lackey Eggert in memory of Daniel H. and Gladys Hess Lackey
