This is the scrapbook of private William Clinton Dunham. of the 733rd ROB with 100+ photos btwn the scrapbook and manila envelope full found inside.
Starts with his time spent at Camp Jesse Turner in Arkansas through his overseas time in Germany/France.
733rd Railway Operating Battalion - William Clinton Dunham
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730th Railway Operating Battalion --Frank Hoppe
Album from World War II.
Photos documenting the 3rd Military Railway
Service, Persian Gulf Command, US Army. (showing Frank L. Hoppe of Havre, MT and his service in Persia). Many small snap shot photos of buildings, monuments, bazaars, native Iranians. Of note, photo of the King and Queen of Persian (Shaw) and FDR, Churchill and Stalin photos (probably taken at Malta; Most of the photos are identified on reverse..
Also
contains one letter home to his mother, Large fold out map of the world (1940s era, good condition), military theme cartoons clipped from magazines and newspapers, Program from "This is the Army"... Irving Berlin's All-Soldier Musical Review, newspaper clippings about how "Iron Horses" kept in condition by shopmen of the Railroad Battalions.
Ration Card belonging to Frank, Co. B, 730th., photo copies of V-mail sent home for Xmas, New Year. Photos of Palaces and hotels, at Isphahan and Parband, Holy Temple at Gahm, Gold Temple at Gham
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717th Railway Operating Battalion - Freeman C. Scott
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707th Railway Grand Division - unknown soldier
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743rd Railway Operating Battalion Company A --Clifford Cushing
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712th TROB Korea - unknown soldier
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713th Railway Operating Battalion - Kluth
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3rd TMRS commendation 1952
3rd Trc Groups by on Scribd
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3rd Military Rail Service boosts donation March of Dimes Korea
3rd Unit Boosts by on Scribd
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716th Railway Operating Battalion : Various theft articles
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718th Railway Operating Battalion: Clues Reveal Few Hints About Fate of Missing Soldier
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720th Railway Operating Battalion - Irving Feinman
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712th Railway Operating Battalion -- Roy Edward Mitchell
Franklin writes about his Father-in-lawRoy Edward Mitchell ....
Just found these additional photos of the battalion. The box car in the background appears to be one of the barracks cars they converted from French boxcars.
R. Edward Mitchell is individual in uniform. We don't know the tee shirt guy.
Back of Tiger Tank photo, " a German Tiger tank that lost his argument with a Yank".
More here: https://goo.gl/oiR9Fk
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