Shenandoah County Library Archives

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Photo of a photograph of an unidentified man standing in front of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France, during the WWII era.

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Portrait of Mr. Harvey Huffman, of Woodstock, wearing a suit and tie. Harvey was the son of Charles William and Ada May (Nicholas-Keyes) Huffman from Fort Valley.

He served in the military as a Private during WWII, from 1944 to 1946. After that,…

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Photo of a framed photograph of an unidentified U.S. Army soldier with a woman standing behind him who was probably his mother.

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Portrait of an unidentified young man in his U.S. Army uniform. His rank was Private First Class.

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Portrait of Newton Jasper Orndorff in his U.S. Navy uniform. Newton served during WWII and his uniform indicates his rank was Petty Officer Third Class and his job was as a shipfitter. Shipfitters fabricated and laid out metal for building and…

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Photo of a photograph of an unidentified man standing in front of a faux battleship backdrop and wearing his U.S. Navy uniform.

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Unidentified young man wearing a U.S. Army uniform and seated with an unidentified child and woman beside him.

Probably, this is a family portrait.

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Portrait of an unidentified man wearing his U.S. Army uniform. The patch on his shoulder indicates he was part of the Army Air Force.

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Portrait of an unidentified young man wearing a U.S. Army uniform that indicates he was part of the 11th Armored Division.

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Photograph of a picture of an unidentified young man in a WWII-era U.S. Army uniform holding a rifle upright. There are trees and a military building visible in the background.

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Photo of a photograph of an unidentified soldier standing outside a fenced area. Vintage vehicles are visible behind him.

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Photo of a photograph of an unidentified Army soldier in combat fatigues and holding his rifle. The picture was taken outside and military styled barracks are behind him.

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Portrait of two brothers: Carl Eugene Linaweaver on the left, and Robert L. Linaweaver on the right. Carl was in the Navy while Robert was a paratrooper in the Airborne division of the Army.

Their parents were Laurence and Essie (Brill)…

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Portrait of an unidentified Army soldier in his World War II uniform. He is sitting on a chair and smiling at the camera.

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Portrait of Corporal Stanley Sine as a young man. He was later promoted to Captain and served in the 29th Infantry Division of the Virginia National Guard. He also worked as an ROTC instructor at MMA.

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Portrait of Lt. Edward Gearing in his U.S. Army uniform. He served in the 29th Infantry Division of the Virginia National Guard until the unit was called up to serve during WWII, where he served with distinction.

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Portrait of Carl Eugene Linaweaver (1926 - 1968) wearing his U.S. Navy uniform. Carl was born in Woodstock, the son of Lawrence and Essie (Brill) Linaweaver. He had a brother, Robert L., and a sister, Louise.

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Portrait of Stanley Tobias Clem (1927-2009) wearing his Civil Air Patrol uniform. The markings on his shoulder indicate he was a cadet in this photo.

Stanley Clem was a son of Tobias Samuel and Maggie Catherine Clem of Fort Valley, Virginia. His…

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Photo of a photograph of the grave of Private Harold P. Ralph, in Honolulu, Hawaii. Private Ralph was killed in action in the Pacific Theater during WWII. He received a purple heart for his heroic efforts.

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Unidentified woman seated on a studio bench with an unidentified man, probably her husband, standing behind her in a U.S. Army uniform that indicates he was a paratrooper.

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Portrait of Gilbert Lee Baker (1905-1974) in his U.S. Army uniform. He was the son of John Edward and Mary Rebecca (Dyke) Baker. He lived in Maryland when he died and is buried there. He left behind three sons, Kenneth, Duane, and Benjamin Baker, and…

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Earl grew up in Woodstock and lived with his grandmother, Lizzie Dyer, and his mother, Mary Dyer (1908-1947), for several years on W. Spring Street. His father was Frank Brock.

Earl was 18 years old when he registered for the WWII draft. At the…

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Photo of a photograph of Grover Allen Orndorff in his U.S. Army uniform.

Grover was from Zepp, Virginia, and the youngest of 11 children. His parents were Rhesa A. (1866-1949) and Emma S. (Hill) (1871-1953) Orndorff. His father farmed.

Grover…

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Portrait of Lionel Clyde "Buddy" Mitchell wearing his MMA school uniform. The patch on his shoulder indicates he served in the Army ROTC.

Buddy spent most of his life in the military as his obituary in the Northern Virginia Daily (December 16,…

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Photo of a photograph of Alva M. Fravel wearing his U.S. Army uniform.

Alva was born in Edinburg to Jacob Marvin (1895-1954) and Katherine (Clark) (1897-1983) Fravel. As a baby, he lived with his parents on his paternal grandparents’ farm on…
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