Scrapbook from the service of Henry A. Valetsky : Scrapbook; Photograph; Ephemera 1943-1945.

Format:

Book

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Summary:

Description: Brown cover with a golden eagle holding the American flag in the shape of a letter V. Record of Corporal Henry A. Valetsky from New Brunswick, New Jersey who served as an official photographer in the U. S. Army Air Forces from 1943-1945. The scrapbook contains three glued patches of 3rd Air Force, China-Burma-India (CBI), U.S. Army Air Forces (USAAF), a small portrait photograph of Corporal Valetsky; small photographs of the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver, Colorado; the Colorado State Capitol Building; a bronze figure of a Union Soldier-Civil War Monument in front of the Capitol and Rocky Mountains scenery; photographs of Corporal Valetsky's friends from the Technical School of Photography at Lowry Field in Denver, Colorado; photographs from the U.S. Army Air Forces Technical Training Command (T.T.C.) in Miami Beach, Florida: "The Color Guard, U.S. Army Air Forces, Miami Beach, Florida; Passing in Review, U.S. Army Air Forces, Technical Training Command; Military Band U. S. Army Air Forces; ‘Parade Rest'; New Officer Candidates Arrive; New Arrivals; Moving In; The Bugler; ‘Fall Out'; Off For Morning Drill; Daily Exercise Keep Them Fit; A Cool Dip After a Hot Dry; Outdoor Church Services; Recruits of U.S. Army Air Forces, T.T.C. Arrive at Modern Hotel Barracks at Miami Beach, Florida; Recreation Pier For Service Men; Instruction In Upkeep of Equipment; U.S. Army Air Forces, Move In at Miami Beach, Florida; Collins Ave, Miami Beach, Florida; Welding Instruction U.S. Army Air Forces, Technical Training Command, Miami Beach, Florida." Other photographs from Miami Beach: parks with palm trees; the St. Moritz Hotel; The Blackstone Hotel; aerial view with hotels along the shore; aerial view of Miami Beach with Morris Brothers Department store in the foreground; Cypress trees; fishing boats at the pier; native American children, possibly Seminoles; Pan American Airways Flying Boat Boeing 314 with registration NC-18604 "Atlantic Clipper" probably in Miami, Florida; views of buildings in Miami Beach photographs of soldiers wearing a campaign hat; ocean views in Miami Beach; Nymph statue in pool of the Royal Palm Hotel in Miami Beach with the Poinciana Hotel in the background; two soldiers are standing next to the canon in front of the Colorado State building in Denver; the following photographs were probably taken at Key Field in Meridian, Mississippi: photographs of wooden barracks; photograph of the Rosenbaum Residence with USO sign in Meridian, Mississippi (the home of one of Meridian's leading families, the Rosenbaum's, located at 26th Avenue and 7th Street was latter used as a restaurant called the Pink Palace or Pink House, a local chapter of the USO during the 1940's); Lt. Col. J. B. Baker sitting at his desks (notice the Senior pilot wings above left pocket on his shirt); a view from the classroom; wooden building with photography sign; soldiers studding a manuals; lecture with an aerial camera; soldier in a photo developing room; two servicemen painting white parachute harness with a dark color; servicemen sitting on the grass outside of a classroom (notice the North American B-25 Mitchell medium bomber with a Jeep in the background); two officers examining a map; soldiers playing volleyball; an armorer of the USAAF checks the .50 caliber machine guns on the side of a B-25 medium bomber; aircraft radio operators from the 3rd Air Force being trained in Morse code; a serviceman is receiving probably a new camouflage garment possibly HBT utility coverall; photograph of Corporal Valetsky in front of a store with clay pots in India; Indian people building a road with U.S. military vehicles in the background; servicemen having a dinner in a tent with a roof made from a parachute canopy; the cooks preparing a dinner; the USAAF armores cleaning two .50 caliber machine guns; soldier buying a drink in the military surplus store; soldiers marching on dusty road (notice the gas mask bags); food being served to soldiers in the wilderness; a priest celebrates an outdoor mass for soldiers (notice the soldier in the middle of the crowd wearing camouflage utility coverall); two members of ground crew checking bombs in the Bombay probably of a B-25 medium bomber; a soldier is filling a bucket with water (notice his gas mask bag); a serviceman holding an air traffic control device in front of a tent with communication equipment inside; USAAF mechanics working on an engine of the B-25 Mitchell medium bomber; two soldiers with blisters being helped; two soldiers wearing gas mask with a Jeep towing water trailer in the background; several photographs with air and ground crews from the 3rd Air Force posing in front of a B-25 medium bomber (notice the B-3 "Mae Wests", type QAC AN6513-1A barrel-type parachute packs, QAC-quick attachable chest parachute harnesses and parachute first aid kits); photographs of smiling servicemen and servicewomen with bottles of beer and a piano player; photographs from India: soldiers sitting on a chair in front of a brick houses with tent roof; North American B-25 Mitchell and Lockheed P-38 Lighting in flight; view of town street in India; a native man operating water pump in India; photographs of servicemen playing golf in India (notice the CBI insignia on a jacket of a soldiers from group of four sitting on a palm tree); Corporal Valetsky in the middle with two other servicemen having dinner in the tent (notice the bed with mosquito net behind them); the pocket "Letters from Home and Discharge Papers" at the end of the scrapbook contains the following: group photographs of servicemen from the 3rd Air Force holding alcohol bottles; small cut from a large group photo of servicemen and women posing for a group photo; cavalry officer holding a horse; photograph of large brick house with a serviceman sitting under the tree stuck to the Special Order number 141 - discharge of members of the 2nd Weather Reconnaissance Squadron including Corporal Valetsky's name dated 7 September 1945; small paper map of India Reprinted from Amerasia, a monthly review of America and Asia undated; small picture of Corporal Valetsky's rout from Calcutta via Gibraltar to New York in September-October 1945; small laminated Honorary Discharge card of Corporal Henry A. Valetsky dated 29 October 1945.

Notes:

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