A British Army officer inspects tanks in Mobile, Alabama on 3 August 1944
Gift In Memory Richard V. Powell, Jr.
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A British Army officer inspects tanks which are part of military aid to Britain under the Lend-Lease Act. Official caption: "Confidential. 3 August 1944. Major F.F. Duerth, British Army Staff, checks registration on Light and Medium tanks, Mobile, Ala."
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08/03/1944
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Richard Vernon Powell Jr. was born 14 July 1920 in Beebe, Arkansas and served in the United States Army duing World War II. Powell had been attending Harvard Business School when he registered for service. He would later serve as a captain in the U.S. Army at the New Orleans Port of Embarkation (NOPE). Powell passed away on 17 August 1999 in Norman, Oklahoma.
The collection consists of 200 black and white photographs, most created by the U.S. Army Signal Corps, that Powell collected during his service in Louisiana, Alabama, and Texas. Subjects include: The New Orleans Port of Embarkation (NOPE), the Army Service Forces Unit Training Center (ASFUTC), Services of Supply Unit Training Center (Camp Plauche/Camp Harahan), British Lend-Lease, Jackson Barracks, mosquito control, 814th Signal Port Company, 493rd Port Battalion, Sanitary Corps, Army Nurse Corps, 720th Railway Operating Battalion Transportation Corps Officer Candidate School, and the 400th and 393rd Stevedore Battalion.
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Mobile
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30.683
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-88.033
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Inspections--Alabama
Tanks (Military science)--American--Alabama
Assistance--Alabama
Railroad cars--American--Alabama
Officers--British--Alabama