African American Army medical personnel at the Headquarters of the 429th Medical Battalion, Belgium, 1945
Gift in Memory of Lt. Col. James W. Gordon, Army - USAR - MSC
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Photograph. A group of African American Army medical personnel sitting and standing on the front steps of the Headquarters of the 429th Medical Battalion. Personal caption on reverse: "27 Aug 45 / Liege Belg." Liege, Belgium. 27 August 1945
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08/27/1945
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Items from the service of Lieutenant James Gordon, who served in the United States Army Reserve Medical Service Corps in the European Theater of Operations. James William Gordon was born on 16 April 1921 in Jackson, Michigan, and enlisted in the United States Army on 16 November 1942. Gordon was assigned to multiple units and hospitals in France and Germany before being assigned to the Headquarters Special Troops Advance Section, Communications Zone in Fulda, Germany. He was then transferred to the Headquarters 429th Medical Battalion in Liege, Belgium, in mid-1945 and remained there until he was sent back to the United States. Gordon remained in the Army until 31 December 1962 and retired as a Lieutenant Colonel. He then moved to Cape Coral, Florida and remained there until his death on 4 June 1986. Items from the collection include postcards and photographs.
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Liège
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50.639
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5.570
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United States--Armed Forces--African Americans--Belgium
World War, 1939-1945--African Americans--Belgium
Medical personnel--American--Belgium