Scrapbook from the service of Leopold W. Sajor : Scrapbook; Photograph; Periodical Clippings 1945-1946.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Summary:

Description: Black covers with a head of a horse in the center and the word "Photographs" in gold below it. The scrapbook contains: a certificate from the Infantry Replacement Training Center in Fort McClellan in Alabama issued to Pvt. Leopold W. Sajor for completion of the United States Army basic training cycle on November 25, 1944; a certificate from the Parachute School of the United States Army [at Fort Benning, Georgia] for qualified parachutist issued to Pvt. Sajor on January 5, 1945 and signed by the school commander Brigadier General Ridgely Gaither; photograph of Technician Fifth Grade/ T5 Leopold W. Sajor from his occupation duties with the 11th Airborne Division in Japan in 1945; large wooden house and a flag pole with the American flag in front of it [possibly the Headquarters of the 187th Paraglider Infantry of the 11th Airborne Division in Hakodate on Hokkaido Island in Japan, notice the sign with the insignia of the 11th Airborne Division in front of the building on the right side]; T5 Sajor in HBT uniform posing near the ocean; T5 Sajor (on the right) stands with another servicemen next to a Japanese obelisk; T5 Sajor stands in front of three US Army 2 ½ ton 6x6 cargo trucks; T5 Sajor with another paratrooper standing in guard tower [notice the shoulder patch of the 11th Airborne Division]; group photo of servicemen sitting in front of a Japanese stone pagoda; T5 Sajor posing on a horse near the ocean shore; postcards from the Parachute School: cadets awaiting to board the Douglas C-47 Skytrain aircrafts, a stick of paratroopers board a C-47 aircraft, paratrooper inside of the C-47 transport aircraft, a paratrooper ready to exit the C-47 aircraft, paratroopers jumping from the transport aircraft, paratroopers descending to a landing zone, a paratrooper gliding to the earth, paratroopers landing on a field; possible view from Mt. Hakodate on Hakodate harbor; Japanese volcano capped with snow; soldiers laying on a blanket and eating Hershey’s chocolate; view of a Japanese street with tram track possibly in Hakodate; two soldiers standing in front of a sign "Hq. Co. 1st Bn. 187th Paraglider Inf."[Headquarters Company 1st Battalion 187th Paraglider Infantry]; two soldiers standing in front of a wooden house with a sign with the insignia of the 11th Airborne Division on the left side; four servicemen kneeling in front of a sign of the "1st BN. 187 P/G INF [1st Battalion of the 187th Paraglider Infantry Regiment]" with ribbons, names of posts and dates (notice the last one: Hakodate 13 Feb 46-); four servicemen sitting and one standing next to a sign of the "156 Q M BAKERY"[156th Quartermaster Company Bakery]; soldiers standing in front of a trailer full of bread; servicemen standing in front of a large wooden ships in shipyards on the coast; American paratroopers posing with four British sailors; American serviceman standing in front of a Jeep on Japanese street covered in snow; Japanese women shoveling snow on a street; pictures from Japanese countryside; view at baseball field near the shore; T5 Sajor with two other servicemen posing in front of the "Beer Hall" and US Army 2 ½ ton 6x6 cargo trucks probably at Zama Camp, Japan; three servicemen sitting in front of a sign of the "4th Replacement Depot Disposition Center A.P.O. 703" at Zama Camp, Japan (formerly the Military Academy of the Japanese Imperial Army); pictures of servicemen onboard a troopship; troopship SS Cape Perpetua carrying the troops; Corporal Sajor wearing M1942 paratrooper jacket with parachutist badge/jump wings, ribbons and 11th Airborne Division shoulder insignia.

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Description based on online resource (viewed on June 12, 2019).