Letter to Duval and Mary Thelma Hines from Joseph M. Hines, USMC
Hines, Joseph Martin
Hines, Mary Thelma Borden
Hines, Duval
World War (1939-1945)
Toms Brook (Va)
Letter from Joseph M. Hines, a Toms Brook native who was then serving in the United States Marine Corps, to his parents Duval and Mary Hines in Toms Brook Virginia. The letter was sent from Camp Joseph H. Pendleton in California on October 17, 1943.
Joseph M. Hines
Folder 1.6: Letters from Joseph Martin Hines USMC to Duval and Mary Hines, August-December 1943. Joseph M. Hines Collection, 1941-1945, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia, USA.
Shenandoah County Library
October 17, 1943
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Letter
Shenandoah County (Va) Boys Leaving Woodstock for Camp Humphries
World War (1914-1918)
Shenandoah County (Va)
On July 26th, 1918 local photographer Hugh Morrison took this photograph of local men preparing to basic training at Camp Humphries, now Fort Belvoir, in Fairfax County Virginia.
It was taken on the steps of the Woodstock Depot. It was from here that most Shenandoah County men departed for service in the conflict after being sworn in at the historic courthouse two blocks away. After a national draft was instituted in 1917, these departures became commonplace. Several hundred men and women from the area would go off to war. Most would become part of the US Army and would receive basic training at Camp Humphries or Camp Lee. Scores would go overseas. Several would never return.
The names of the men in this photograph are unknown. If you can identify them, please let us know.
Hugh Morrison
Shenandoah County Photograph Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.
Shenandoah County Library
July 26, 1918
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Earl Dyer
Dyer, Earl
World War (1939-1945)
A photograph showing Earl Dyer of Woodstock taken by Hugh Morrison of Woodstock.
Earl Franklin Dyer had enlisted in the US Army in May of 1945. A native of Woodstock, he was living in Mananas Virginia at the time because it was the closest High School that allowed black students to his home.
Though he did not see any combat during the Second World War, Dyer was deployed to Japan as part of the occupation force. He served until 1947 and was discharged with the rank of corporal.
Despite having served alongside white soldiers, Dyer returned to a community that was still segregated. He and other local African Americans would have to wait decades to receive equal service in Shenandoah County.
When he returned to Woodstock, Dyer moved into his family home on Church Street and worked as a cook at Shenandoah Memorial Hospital. He also served as a local music teacher and pianist/choir director at many area churches, including his own Mt. Zion UMC in Woodstock. Earl died in 2008 and is buried at Riverview Cemetery in Woodstock.
Hugh Morrison
Shenandoah County Historical Society Hugh Morrison Collection
Shenandoah County Library
ca. 1946
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Joseph Luther Burner
Burner, Joseph Luther
World War (1939-1945)
An image of Joseph Luther Burner of Maurertown Virginia. He enlisted in the United States Marine Corps on January 7, 1942 and was trained in Parris Island South Carolina.
On October 26 1942 he was deployed to the Pacific where he served in the Gilbert Islands, at Tarawa, and in the Mariana Island chain.
Burner participated in the invasion of Saipan in June of 1944. He was killed in action on that island on June 15, 1944.
His father, and veteran of World War One, lamented “I think there must be some whose hearts have guessed, the agony that longing fathers know, who dare not kiss their sons before they go.”
Service Record World War I and II, Woodstock and Vicinity. Shenandoah County Library. Edinburg, Virginia, 8.
Shenandoah County Library
ca. 1942
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Letter notifying the family of Private Joseph Luther Burner (son of Louis Joseph Burner) that he was killed in action is available at http://archives.countylib.org/items/show/25588, Morrison Studio image 001913
Edinburg Observation Tower
Edinburg (Va)
World War (1939-1945)
Photograph showing the aircraft observation tower located in Edinburg Virginia. Such towers were built and staffed by local civil defense groups in order to warn of possible enemy attack and to monitor aircraft over the area.
Edinburg Heritage Foundation
Shenandoah County Library
1943
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Tech. Sgt. Edwin C. Keys Reading the Herald in India
World War (1939-1945)
Keys, Edwin C.
Photograph from the Shenandoah Herald newspaper showing Technical Sergeant Edwin C. Keys reading that newspaper while deployed to India during the Second World War. This photograph was part of an advertisement encouraging individuals to buy subscriptions for local service members.
Shenandoah Herald (Woodstock Va)
Shenandoah County Library
November 17, 1944
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New Market Observation Tower
New Market (Va)
World War (1939-1945)
Photograph showing the aircraft observation tower located in New Market Virginia. Such towers were built and staffed by local civil defense groups in order to warn of possible enemy attack and to monitor aircraft over the area. This image appeared in an April 22, 1943 article in the Shenandoah Valley newspaper advertising the dedication of the tower.
Shenandoah Valley Newspaper (New Market Va)
Shenandoah County Library
April 22, 1943
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Peach Seed Shipment at the Woodstock Depot
World War, 1914-1918
Woodstock (Va)
In 1915 the German Army released the effective Chlorine gas attack of World War One against British positions in Ypres. Before the end of the war these types of Chemical agents would kill or injure millions of men on both sides.
To combat these poisons a gas mask was developed that utilized charcoal to filter incoming air. One of the most effective sources of the charcoal needed came from peach seeds. After entering the war in 1917 the US government launched a massive drive to collect peach pits for its soldier’s masks.
This photograph shows the results of one such drive in Shenandoah County. Local boy scouts and citizens pose at the Woodstock depot with a large shipment of peach pits obtained through the Chapin-Sacks Company. The scouts and those who helped them appear to be proud of the large amount of life saving materials they were providing.
Collections of these materials, and other types of drives, would continue in the county throughout WWI. Most of these items, and many others would be shipped from the railroad depot which served the community until it was demolished in the 1950s. Chapin-Sacks, which produced ice and refrigerated products such as peaches, would be purchased by the Southern Dairy in the 1920s. Production ceased there in the 1970s and the North Street site became the Town of Woodstock’s Public Works facility. Today, it is abandoned.
Donated by Robert Mowery
Shenandoah County Library
ca. 1917
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Smith Herbaugh
Herbaugh, Smith
Photograph of Herbaugh Smith from the book "Service Record World War I and II, Woodstock and Vicinity."
Muhlenburg Post No. 199, American Legion Woodstock, Virginia.
Service Record World War I and II, Woodstock and Vicinity. Shenandoah County Library. Edinburg, Virginia.
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Sheridan F. Miller
Miller, Sheridan
Photograph of Sheridan Miller from the book "Service Record World War I and II, Woodstock and Vicinity."
Muhlenburg Post No. 199, American Legion Woodstock, Virginia.
Service Record World War I and II, Woodstock and Vicinity. Shenandoah County Library. Edinburg, Virginia.
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Roy M. Clem
Clem, Roy
Photograph of Roy Clem from the book "Service Record World War I and II, Woodstock and Vicinity."
Muhlenburg Post No. 199, American Legion Woodstock, Virginia.
Service Record World War I and II, Woodstock and Vicinity. Shenandoah County Library. Edinburg, Virginia.
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Robert H. Funk
Funk, Robert
Photograph of Robert Funk from the book "Service Record World War I and II, Woodstock and Vicinity."
Muhlenburg Post No. 199, American Legion Woodstock, Virginia.
Service Record World War I and II, Woodstock and Vicinity. Shenandoah County Library. Edinburg, Virginia.
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Ralph B. Crabill
Crabill, Ralph
World War (1914-1918)
Soldier
Photograph of Ralph Crabill from the book "Service Record World War I and II, Woodstock and Vicinity."
Ralph B. Crabill (1895-1963) was employed as a jeweler in Strasburg when he was drafted on October 4 1917. He deployed to France on June 7 1918 as part of the 80th Infantry Division. Ralph saw conflict in the Picardy Sector in July 1918, the St. Mihel Offensive in September 1918, and the Muese Argonne Offensive from September-November 1918. During the course of the war he rose from the rank of Private to Sergeant. He was discharged on June 7 1919 and returned to his position as a jeweler in Strasburg.
On his postwar service survey he left no comment on how he viewed the war or how it affected him.
Muhlenburg Post No. 199, American Legion Woodstock, Virginia.
Service Record World War I and II, Woodstock and Vicinity. Shenandoah County Library. Edinburg, Virginia.
Undated
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Lewis Sonner
Sonner, Lewis
Photograph of Lewis Sonner from the book "Service Record World War I and II, Woodstock and Vicinity."
Muhlenburg Post No. 199, American Legion Woodstock, Virginia.
Service Record World War I and II, Woodstock and Vicinity. Shenandoah County Library. Edinburg, Virginia.
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Lloyd Hollingsworth
Hollingsworth, Lloyd
Photograph of Lloyd Hollingsworth from the book "Service Record World War I and II, Woodstock and Vicinity."
Muhlenburg Post No. 199, American Legion Woodstock, Virginia.
Service Record World War I and II, Woodstock and Vicinity. Shenandoah County Library. Edinburg, Virginia.
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Lester E. Tidler
Tidler, Lester
Photograph of Lester E. Tidler from the book "Service Record World War I and II, Woodstock and Vicinity."
Muhlenburg Post No. 199, American Legion Woodstock, Virginia.
Service Record World War I and II, Woodstock and Vicinity. Shenandoah County Library. Edinburg, Virginia.
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John A. Myers
Myers, John (1896-1969)
World War (1914-1918)
Maurertown (Va)
United States. Army. Infantry Division, 29th
Soldiers-Virginia-Maurertown
Photograph of John Myers from the book "Service Record World War I and II, Woodstock and Vicinity."
John A. Myers (1896-1969) worked on his father’s farm in Maurertown VA when he volunteered for the National Guard in June 1917. Part of the 29th Infantry Division, he went to France in June of 1918 and entered combat on July 16 1918. Serving in the Meuse-Argonne sector, Myers was wounded and gassed on October 8 1918. Discharged in February of 1919, he returned to his father’s farm. In 1920 he wrote his overseas experience left him “physically much worse.”
Muhlenburg Post No. 199, American Legion Woodstock, Virginia.
Service Record World War I and II, Woodstock and Vicinity. Shenandoah County Library. Edinburg, Virginia.
Shenandoah County Library
Undated
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Huie A. Peer
Peer, Huie
Photograph of Huie Peer from the book "Service Record World War I and II, Woodstock and Vicinity."
Muhlenburg Post No. 199, American Legion Woodstock, Virginia.
Service Record World War I and II, Woodstock and Vicinity. Shenandoah County Library. Edinburg, Virginia.
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Harry Gochenour
Gochenour, Harry
Photograph of Harry Gochenour from the book "Service Record World War I and II, Woodstock and Vicinity."
Muhlenburg Post No. 199, American Legion Woodstock, Virginia.
Service Record World War I and II, Woodstock and Vicinity. Shenandoah County Library. Edinburg, Virginia.
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Albert Steele
Steel, Albert
Photograph of Albert Steele from the book "Service Record World War I and II, Woodstock and Vicinity."
Muhlenburg Post No. 199, American Legion Woodstock, Virginia.
Service Record World War I and II, Woodstock and Vicinity. Shenandoah County Library. Edinburg, Virginia.
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Unidentified World War Two Soldier
World War (1939-1945)
Photograph taken by Hugh Morrison showing an unidentified World War Two soldier.
Hugh Morrison
Shenandoah County Historical Society Hugh Morrison Collection
Shenandoah County Library
Unknown
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Unidentified World War One soldier
World War, 1914-1918
Photograph taken by Hugh Morrison showing an unidentified World War One soldier.
Hugh Morrison
Shenandoah County Historical Society Hugh Morrison Collection
Shenandoah County Library
Unknown
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07807
Unidentified World War One Soldier
World War, 1914-1918
Photograph taken by Hugh Morrison showing an unidentified World War One soldier.
Hugh Morrison
Shenandoah County Historical Society Hugh Morrison Collection
Shenandoah County Library
Unknown
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07806
Unidentified World War One Soldier
World War, 1914-1918
Photograph taken by Hugh Morrison showing an unidentified World War One soldier.
Hugh Morrison
Shenandoah County Historical Society Hugh Morrison Collection
Shenandoah County Library
Unknown
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07448
Unidentified WWII Sailor and Family
World War (1939-1945)
Photograph taken by Hugh Morrison showing an unidentified World War Two sailor and his family.
Hugh Morrison
Shenandoah County Historical Society Hugh Morrison Collection
Shenandoah County Library
Unknown
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Same sailor and baby as Morrison 07305
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