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TitleCorporal Andre Saindon, 9th Infantry Division Band, Band Training Unit

Date Created1948

DescriptionCorporal Andre Saindon poses in front of a sign for the 9th Infantry Division Band, Band Training Unit, at Fort Dix, New Jersey. Cpl. Saindon wears five "overseas stripes" on the sleeve of his...

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TitleNurse's Choir from Mercer Hospital, Trenton, N.J. (performing)

Date Created1948

DescriptionThe Nurses Choir from Mercer Hospital, Trenton, New Jersey, visited soldiers at Fort Dix in spring 1948. They held a short performance at the USO, then enjoyed recreational activities together.

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TitleNurse's Choir from Mercer Hospital, Trenton, N.J. (group pose)

Date Created1948

DescriptionThe Nurses Choir from Mercer Hospital, Trenton, New Jersey, visited soldiers at Fort Dix in spring 1948. They held a short performance at the USO, then enjoyed recreational activities.

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TitleBand awaiting transportation at Fort Dix, New Jersey

Date Created1948

DescriptionSoldier musicians in the 9th Infantry Division Band at Fort Dix, N.J. await transportation for themselves and their instruments to a concert performance.

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TitleU.S. Army collecting explosives

Date Created1950

DescriptionThe photo shows the U.S. Army collecting explosives by the South Amboy coal docks and railroad areas in the aftermath of the South Amboy powder pier explosion of 1950.

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleArmy men handling explosives

Date Created1950

DescriptionThe U.S. Army examines and collects explosives and ammunition parts from the South Amboy powder pier explosion of 1950.

Time PeriodPostwar Years (1945-1970)

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TitleBurial Notice for PFC Kenneth S. Latham

Date Created1944

DescriptionBurial notice of Private First Class Kenneth S. Latham of New Brunswick, N.J. Published in the Home News Tribune in 1944.

Time PeriodThe Great Depression and World War II (1929-1945)

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TitleDischarge paper of Private William H.B. Drake

DescriptionPhotocopy of the discharge paper of Private William H.B. Drake of Co. I, 28th New Jersey Volunteers. William H.B. Drake was born in Somerset County, NJ, and worked as a mechanic prior to the war. He...

Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

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TitleDischarge paper of Private Stephen Selover

DescriptionPhotocopy of the discharge paper of Private Stephen Selover of Co. B, 28th New Jersey Volunteers. Stephen Selover (William S. Stryker's Record of Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Civil War,...

Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)

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TitleOath of identity for Private Michael McLaughlin

DescriptionPhotocopy of oath of identity for Private Michael McLaughlin, Co. D, 28th New Jersey Volunteers. Oaths of identity were usually written on the backs of discharges and used for soldiers retrieving...

Time PeriodCivil War and Reconstruction (1850-1877)