Mississippi

2005th Ordnance men in training in Mississippi, on a picnic in or near Jackson, Mississippi. June 1943.

2005th Ordnance men in training in Mississippi, Jackson, Mississippi. Top photo, July 1943: John Schuhart, Irvin, Ruth,Geist, Schneckloth. Bottom two photos, June 1943: Cpl. Irvin Schneckloth.

2005th Ordnance men in training in Mississippi, on a picnic, and the town of Jackson, Mississippi. June 1943.

Pvt. John F. Schuhart in training stateside, #373331100, 2005th Ordnance Maintenance Company (2005th Ord. M. Co.-A.F.), 28th Air Depot Group. Later Sgt. Schuhart was stationed at locations such as APO 492 (Barrackpore, India), and at least some of the photos were sent from there to his mother, Mrs. Anna Schuhart, in Selden, Kansas (for 9 cents). During training before deployment...

Pvt. Louie E. Mallette Jr., son of Mrs. L.E. Mallette, R.D. 2, Lucedale, Miss., explains the intricacies of a camera to a Chinese photo laboratory technician at headquarters of the Fourteenth Air Force's hard-hitting Chinese-American Composite Wing. Pvt. Mallette who has been overseas since July 23, 1944, has been assigned to the wing's photographic section as a photographer and camera...