World War II Material as per attached list. 144th Field Artillery Association, World War II - Photographs only. Items Number: 1. One Nazi banner - captured by Hq. & Hq. Btry., 144 FA group at Wemding, Germany 2. Nazi banner captured by Hq. & Hq. Btry., 144 FA group at Phalsbourg. Signed by practically all members of the outfit. 3. Framed photograph of Battery "E," (F?) 143rd Filed Artillery, taken in its armory - the old Flying A movie studio - at Santa Barbara, sometime during the 1930's. Group became the 144th FA. 4. Group photograph - framed - of the 144th Field Artillery, Fort Lewis, Washington, February 13, 1943. Men are identified on sheet placed in folder attached to back of photograph. 5 -10. Photos of the 144th F.A. 11. Historical background material 144th F.A. Group. 12-19. Photos of various members of 144th. 20. Folder of newsletters, articles & letters concerning the 144th F.A. 21-24. 4 scrapbooks - 144th F. A. Group, Wm. S. Feliz, historian. 25. "Yank" - Army weekly magazine - Nov. 23, 1945. 26. "Yank" - Jan. 6, 1943. 27-30. Fort Lewis Sentinel Vol. 1, No. 2, 1941 31-61. Photos - found loose in 144th F. A. Scrapbooks (items 21-24) - 10" x 8" 62-66. Photos of Aug. 20, 1967 (colored) barbecue - 144th F. A. 67-78. b/w photos of Aug. 20, 1967 barbecue 80-81. 2 negatives of photos of 144th F. A. barbecue, 1967 82-85. Negative of photos of the 144th F. A. Group 86-139. Photos taken at Fort Lewis, Washington, and other places (unidentified) - 144th F. A. 140-149. Photos taken at a 144th F. A. group reunion - probably 1967. 150-56. Photos of Nordhausen, Germany, April, 1945 - prison camp. 157-213. Photos of the 144th F. A. at Fort Lewis & overseas, 1941-45 214. Banner - 144th F. A. Items listed differently from deed attachment: 126 Photographs (both black and white and a few colored) of the 144th FA between 1943 and 1967 - from wartime to a group reunion on August 20, 1967. 80-85. 6 negatives 150-156. Photographs of Nordhausen, Germany, April 1945 - prison or concentration camp.
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World War II Material as per attached list. 144th Field Artillery Association, World War II - Photographs only. Items Number: 1. One Nazi banner - captured by Hq. & Hq. Btry., 144 FA group at Wemding, Germany 2. Nazi banner captured by Hq. & Hq. Btry., 144 FA group at Phalsbourg. Signed by practically all members of the outfit. 3. Framed photograph of Battery "E," (F?) 143rd Filed Artillery, taken in its armory - the old Flying A movie studio - at Santa Barbara, sometime during the 1930's. Group became the 144th FA. 4. Group photograph - framed - of the 144th Field Artillery, Fort Lewis, Washington, February 13, 1943. Men are identified on sheet placed in folder attached to back of photograph. 5 -10. Photos of the 144th F.A. 11. Historical background material 144th F.A. Group. 12-19. Photos of various members of 144th. 20. Folder of newsletters, articles & letters concerning the 144th F.A. 21-24. 4 scrapbooks - 144th F. A. Group, Wm. S. Feliz, historian. 25. "Yank" - Army weekly magazine - Nov. 23, 1945. 26. "Yank" - Jan. 6, 1943. 27-30. Fort Lewis Sentinel Vol. 1, No. 2, 1941 31-61. Photos - found loose in 144th F. A. Scrapbooks (items 21-24) - 10" x 8" 62-66. Photos of Aug. 20, 1967 (colored) barbecue - 144th F. A. 67-78. b/w photos of Aug. 20, 1967 barbecue 80-81. 2 negatives of photos of 144th F. A. barbecue, 1967 82-85. Negative of photos of the 144th F. A. Group 86-139. Photos taken at Fort Lewis, Washington, and other places (unidentified) - 144th F. A. 140-149. Photos taken at a 144th F. A. group reunion - probably 1967. 150-56. Photos of Nordhausen, Germany, April, 1945 - prison camp. 157-213. Photos of the 144th F. A. at Fort Lewis & overseas, 1941-45 214. Banner - 144th F. A. Items listed differently from deed attachment: 126 Photographs (both black and white and a few colored) of the 144th FA between 1943 and 1967 - from wartime to a group reunion on August 20, 1967. 80-85. 6 negatives 150-156. Photographs of Nordhausen, Germany, April 1945 - prison or concentration camp.
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Gift
Provenance
Gift of Hobart O. Skofield
Restrictions Apply
No
Inventory
World War II Material as per attached list. 144th Field Artillery Association, World War II - Photographs only. Items Number: 1. One Nazi banner - captured by Hq. & Hq. Btry., 144 FA group at Wemding, Germany 2. Nazi banner captured by Hq. & Hq. Btry., 144 FA group at Phalsbourg. Signed by practically all members of the outfit. 3. Framed photograph of Battery "E," (F?) 143rd Filed Artillery, taken in its armory - the old Flying A movie studio - at Santa Barbara, sometime during the 1930's. Group became the 144th FA. 4. Group photograph - framed - of the 144th Field Artillery, Fort Lewis, Washington, February 13, 1943. Men are identified on sheet placed in folder attached to back of photograph. 5 -10. Photos of the 144th F.A. 11. Historical background material 144th F.A. Group. 12-19. Photos of various members of 144th. 20. Folder of newsletters, articles & letters concerning the 144th F.A. 21-24. 4 scrapbooks - 144th F. A. Group, Wm. S. Feliz, historian. 25. "Yank" - Army weekly magazine - Nov. 23, 1945. 26. "Yank" - Jan. 6, 1943. 27-30. Fort Lewis Sentinel Vol. 1, No. 2, 1941 31-61. Photos - found loose in 144th F. A. Scrapbooks (items 21-24) - 10" x 8" 62-66. Photos of Aug. 20, 1967 (colored) barbecue - 144th F. A. 67-78. b/w photos of Aug. 20, 1967 barbecue 80-81. 2 negatives of photos of 144th F. A. barbecue, 1967 82-85. Negative of photos of the 144th F. A. Group 86-139. Photos taken at Fort Lewis, Washington, and other places (unidentified) - 144th F. A. 140-149. Photos taken at a 144th F. A. group reunion - probably 1967. 150-56. Photos of Nordhausen, Germany, April, 1945 - prison camp. 157-213. Photos of the 144th F. A. at Fort Lewis & overseas, 1941-45 214. Banner - 144th F. A. Items listed differently from deed attachment: 126 Photographs (both black and white and a few colored) of the 144th FA between 1943 and 1967 - from wartime to a group reunion on August 20, 1967. 80-85. 6 negatives 150-156. Photographs of Nordhausen, Germany, April 1945 - prison or concentration camp.