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Photograph of a document dated 4 May 1945 and listing Purple Heart recipients in the 96th Infantry Division.

First Lieutenant Gilbert E. Coffman Jr., received his award for wounds sustained on Okinawa Island.

Photograph of (l to r): Virgil Lee, Edgar Paul, and Anne Mae Hamrick. They were the children of Edgar and Estella Hamrick from Fishers Hill near Strasburg.

The children had a younger sister who was born after this photograph was taken.

Photograph of the certificate issued to Private Horace M. Fields on September 6, 1943 at Camp Wolters, Texas.

Private Fields served with Company "C" of the 66th Infantry Training Battalion.

Photograph of Joseph Baker Sibert as a young man.

Joseph was born in Toms Brook to Robert Carman (1890-1955) and Ruth Violet (Baker) (1890-1946) Sibert. He grew up on his parents’ farm and married in 1942 just before he entered the military where…

Portrait photograph of an unidentified young man wearing a U.S. Army uniform.

Unidentified young girl with short hair sitting on a bench with her ankles crossed.

Photo of a portrait photograph of Irvin Lewis Burner wearing his U.S. Army uniform.

Irvin Lewis (some records say “Louis”) was the son of Azariah “Asa” Weston (1896-1987) and Effie Virginia (Nicholson) (1901-1985) Burner. His father worked at a…

Portrait of an unidentified woman with short hair and wearing glasses.

Photograph of George Morrison, Jr. as a little boy. He is straddling a goose and holding its beak in this image.

Unidentified young girl wearing a winter coat and gloves and standing beside a bench in the studio.

Portrait of an unidentified young woman with short hair.

Unidentified young child seated on a chair in the studio.

Hugh Morrison, Jr., with his wife, Grace E. (Johnson) Morrison, seated in their backyard garden.

Hugh and Grace were married in 1899. They raised ten children together in Woodstock. The family dog sits at their feet.

Unidentified toddler propped against the back of a chair.

Unidentified woman sitting on a wooden crate outdoors in a yard and watching two young children playing with chickens.

Unidentified young boy standing beside a bench with his right hand resting on a stuffed dog toy.

Photo of a portrait photograph of an unidentified soldier wearing a U.S. Army uniform that indicates he served with the 4th Armored Division.

Portrait photograph of Laura Belle Harris wearing her U.S. Army uniform.

Laura grew up in Woodstock and was the youngest of six children born to John Samuel (1888-1970) and Annie Elizabeth (Clem) (1889-1973) Harris.

She served in the U.S. Army…

Unidentified young child seated on a wicker chair.

Photo of a portrait photograph of Lester Wetzel wearing his U.S. Army uniform during the WWII time period.

He was the son of John William and Mary Elizabeth (Funkhouser) Wetzel.

His wife was Anna Mary (Reedy) Wetzel (1925-2008).

Unidentified young boy seated on a bench beside a toy bird cage.

Photo of a drawing of the Wisman family gravesite monument as envisioned and illustrated by the Virginia Granite Company.

The monument includes a sculpture of a woman sitting on top of a large granite base. The words, "The memory of the good is…

Unidentified young girl standing beside an unidentified woman. Both are outside and have their arms around each other.

Probably, this was a mother with her daughter.

Unidentified toddler seated on a chair.

Portrait photograph of Thomas F. Morrison, Sr. as a toddler.
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