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In Uniform
Left: detail -- "On to Paris," ’44 |
Friday Night Scrub.
Ft. Oglethorpe, ’43 |
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At Ease
Left: Detail -- Reading and doing embroidery on bunk. Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., '43 / ‘44 |
JOEY with book and laundry (stockings) on bunk in barracks.
Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., '43 / '44 |
Daily rituals,
Normandy , Fr., '44 |
Sleeping, mending, going to showers, etc.
Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., '43 / ‘44 |
JOEY sitting on bunk; CHRISTY sleeping
Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., '43 / '44 |
SHORT cat-napping.
Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., '43 / '44 |
Daily activities.
Valognes, Normandy (France), '44 |
MESS area (Food).
VALOGNES, NORMANDY (France), '44 |
Buttercup jitterbugging.
VALOGNES, NORMANDY (France), '44 |
After work.
VALOGNES, NORMANDY (France), '44 |
Daily chores after work.
Valognes, Normandy (France), '44 |
Washing clothes, hair, etc. in helmets.
VALOGNES, NORMANDY (France), '44 |
---Perpetual rain and deep mud always.
---Swarms of bees attacking food and mess kits.
VALOGNES, NORMANDY (France), '44 |
The showers arrive!
---Washing clothes on first clear day and drying them on wood pile. (All clothing O.D. color so as not to be spotted by observer aircraft, etc.
---Eating food from can heated on fire in cement block.
VALOGNES, NORMANDY (France), '44
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On pass to Chattanooga, Tenn.
Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., ’43 / '44 |
At ease, (barracks).
Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga. '44 |
BUTTERCUP & COLLINS exhausted - on lunch break.
Normandy, Fr. '44 |
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At the Drawing Board
Left: Detail -- RABBIT with radio. Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga. '44 |
Artist at table.
Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga. '43 |
RABBIT waiting for reassignment orders.
Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., '43 / '44 |
Artists working.
Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga. '43 |
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Portraits
Left: Detail -- PVT. MARTHA McKENNA.
Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., '43 / '44 |
THELMA in bathrobe and in pinafore after work.
PARIS, FRANCE, '44 / '45 |
THELMA in pinafore reading.
PARIS, FRANCE, '44 / '45 |
McKENNA reading paper.
Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga. '43 |
McKENNA visiting Art department and reading.
Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., '44 |
SARAH painting and thinking.
Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., '43 / '44 |
EDDIE w/ cigarette
'45 |
OSCAR reading newspaper
'43/'44 |
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Self Portraits
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Confined to quarters: sketching myself.
Paris, Fr. ,'45 |
Confined to quarters: sketching myself.
Paris, Fr.,'45 |
Confined to quarters: sketching myself.
Paris, Fr.,'45 |
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Posters
Left: Detail -- “Same Aim; Different Weapons”
Sketch for recruitment poster.
Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga. ’44 |
“Same Aim; Different Weapons”:
Sketch for recruitment poster.
Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga. ’44 |
“Dear Mary”. Booklet cover sketch.
Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga. ’44. |
PARIS: Map made for Chief signal Office
Paris, Fr., ’44. |
"Correct Salute"
Poster made while being confined to quarters for violating uiniform regulations by wearing Loafers (which fit) instead of G. I. shoes (which did not fit).
---The poster was used in WAC billets in Paris. ’45.
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"Improve Posture and Appearance"
Poster installed on mirrors of WAC latrines.
Ft. Oglethorpe, '44
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Detail -- JOEY in paper hat. (Corrugated cardboard, foil, mistletoe).
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Paper Hats
The paper hats were made in the Publications / Art Department of Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., at Christmas, ’43. They were made primarily to escape the excruciating boredom while waiting for our next assignment and additionally to bug the officers who constantly demanded a totally correct dress (uniform) - - day and night. They were made with whatever materials were available at the time. They happened on several occasions with variations. |
Paper Hat, SARAH. (Wrapping tissue, spool of tape, mistletoe).
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McKELVEY wearing “Red Tape.” (Tape and paper hands stapled to coveralls).
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GIG in paper hat. (Construction paper).
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KRUD in paper hat. (Tissue turban w/ mistletoe and tinsel).
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Passing In Review: (each noon after lunch).
Wearing paper hats, hair, lashes etc.
Officers in reviewing stand aghast!
Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga. ’44
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Landscapes and Misc.
Left Detail -- Typical view of Ft. Oglethorpe.
Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., ’43 / ’44 |
Gear on cot in London Flat with fireplace:
(Helmet, Musette Bag, Girdle, Dress Hat.)
London, England, '44 |
Bunny Rabbits visiting Art Dept.
Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., '43 / '44 |
More Bunny Rabbits.
Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., '43 / '44 |
Chimney Pots.
London, England '44 |
Barracks Fire keeper.
•Scrubbing barracks for inspection.
•An Eye.
Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga., '43 / '44 |
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Photos
Left: Detail -- Moving Out
Kruger (Sims) loading up gear to move out.
London, Eng. '44 |
Private Marion Kruger
Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga. c.1943 |
Barracks
Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga '43 |
"We were tired before we started. We were tired, period --all the time."
London, Eng. '44 |
Fake Eyelashes
Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga. "43 |
"Spring Dance"
Romping in skivvies (army-issue O.D. green)
Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga '43 |
Private Kruger and Lieutenant Sims
Paris, France '44 |
Paper Hats
Ft. Oglethorpe, Ga. "43 |
Private Kruger and Lieutenant Sims
London, Eng. '44 |
Private Kruger and Lieutenant Sims
Paris, France '44 |
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News Articles
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MKSims World War II Commendations
Bernardsville News |
Kruger & Sims WWII Wartime Romance
Bernardsville News |
Couple's Love Blossomed During War
Courier News |
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