United States Army 366th Infantry Regiment and other Colored Divisions Collection, ca. 1940-2017
Collection Number: 8501
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Cornell University Library
DESCRIPTIVE SUMMARY
Title:
United States Army 366th Infantry Regiment and other Colored Divisions Collection, ca. 1940-2017
Repository:
Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections
Collection Number:
8501
Abstract:
Collection contains collected information pertaining mostly to the 366th Infantry
Regiment.
Creator:
Pratt, James E.
Quanitities:
8.8 cubic feet.
Language:
Collection material in English
The 366th served with distinction in World War I and II. It faced combat in World
War II in Italy with the 92nd Infantry Division. The unit was notable in that, unlike
other segregated units, the officers were not white. While many of the members were
African American, individuals with dark skin from other ethnicities were also placed
with the 366th.
INFORMATION FOR USERS
United States Army 366th Infantry Regiment and other Colored Divisions Collection,
#8501. Division of Rare and Manuscript Collections, Cornell University Library.
Collection contains collected information pertaining mostly to the 366th Infantry
Regiment. Includes publications, photographs, films and video about the regiment,
some from Fort Devens, Fort Dix, and Camp Gifu in Kakamigahara Japan. Also an index
with photos of tombstones compiled by James E. Pratt of members who were killed in
action. Discs of oral histories and presentations conducted by Pratt about the regiment
are also included. Also material relating to the rediscovery of a bell given by the
366th found at the Parrocchia Saint Maria Del Carmine in Apulia. Morning Reports for
the 366th from March 1941 through March 1945 compiled by Pratt are also included.
These reports detail regiment activity before and during combat. Also lists of rosters
and payroll for the various companies and units as well as general orders. Also digital
files of bios of soldiers from the unit and digital photographs and press coverage
from events in Italy in 2017 involving the unit.
Also, DVD of 366th Infantry Regiment training at Fort Devens and material regarding
re-discovery of the church bell of Parrocchia S. Maria del Carmine, Piazza Vittorio
Veneto, which was given as a gift by the 366th Infantry in 1944.
Due to the fragility and potential degradation of moving image and sound recordings,
viewing and listening is limited to items that have been digitized. If an item is
in another media format, you may request to have the item digitized for access. Information
on ordering access copies may be found on our Reproductions and Permissions page.
Names:
United States. Army -- : Pictorial works. -- : African American troops
United States Army Training Center, Infantry (Fort Dix, N.J.)
Fort Devens (Mass.)
Places:
Fort Devens (Mass.)
Subjects:
World War, 1939-1945 -- African Americans.
World War, 1914-1918 -- African Americans.
Military participation -- African American.
African American soldiers.
CONTAINER LIST
Container
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Description
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Date
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Series I. Books and Documents
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Box 2 |
Soldiers of the 366th Infantry Regiment At Rest In Italy
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2015 | |
Scope and Contents
Document compiled by James Pratt containing photos of gravestones and images of soldiers.
Identifying numbers correspond to numbers indicated on copies of photographs included
in the collection. See the digital version of the bios for the most up-to-date version.
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Box 2 |
Pictorial History 366th Infantry United States Army, Fort Devens, Massachusetts
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1941 | |
Scope and Contents
Formerly owned by Elliotte Johnson Williams. Also a reproduction of the 1941 original.
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Box 2 |
Company I 366th Infantry by Harold E. Russell, Jr.
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2008 | |
Scope and Contents
Memoir published by Rosedog Books.
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Box 2 |
No Way Out by Rothacker Smith
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2009 | |
Scope and Contents
The War Story of a WWII Black Buffalo Soldier
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Box 2 |
La Battaglia di Sommocolonia by Dario Giannini and Vittorio Lino Biondi
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2011 | |
Scope and Contents
Includes English translation by Anne Leslie Saunders, Sommocolonia before World War
II and The Battle of Sommocolonia.
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Box 2 |
Morning Reports of the 366th Infantry Regiment
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March 1941 - September 1942 | |
Scope and Contents
Photo copies of the reports compiled by James Pratt. NARA Approved. These detail activities
of the regiment. Some months are broken into multiple parts.
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Box 3 |
Morning Reports of the 366th Infantry Regiment
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October 1942 - October 1943 | |
Box 4 |
Morning Reports of the 366th Infantry Regiment
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November 1943 - June 1944 | |
Box 5 |
Morning Reports of the 366th Infantry Regiment
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June 1944 - December 1944 | |
Box 6 |
Morning Reports of the 366th Infantry Regiment
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January 1945 - March 1945 | |
Box 6 |
Roster and Payroll lists for Service Company, Regimental Band, Officers
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1941 - 1943 | |
Box 7 |
Roster and Payroll lists for Anti-Tank, Cannon, Company A, B, C, D, E, F, G
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1941 - 1943 | |
Box 8 |
Roster and Payroll lists for Company H, I, K, L, M, Headquarters and Regiment, Battalion
1, 2, 3, Medical Detachment.
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1941 - 1943 | |
Box 9 |
General Orders
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1941 - 1945 | |
Box 10 | Folder 1 |
Court Martial of Louis P. Sheppard
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December 25, 1941 |
Box 10 | Folder 2 |
Court Martial of Orville Phoenix
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February 6-7, 1942 |
Box 10 | Folder 3 |
Court Martial of William Gilliard
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February 16, 1942 |
Box 10 | Folder 4 |
Court Martial of Sellers Judkins Jr.
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March 13, 1942 |
Box 10 | Folder 5 |
Court Martial of Hermon Streeter
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April 6, 1942 |
Box 10 | Folder 6 |
Court Martial of Shafter Roberts
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March 11, 1942 |
Box 10 | Folder 7 |
Court Martial of Wilson C. Williamson
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August 21, 1942 |
Box 10 | Folder 8 |
Court Martial of Charles Adkins
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November 23, 1942 |
Box 10 | Folder 9 |
Court Martial of General Lee Grant
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January 8, 1945 |
Box 10 | Folder 10 |
Court Martial of Mansfield Spinks
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January 16, 1945 |
Box 10 | Folder 11 |
Court Martial of Anna C. Morrison, Mary E. Green, Alice E. Young, and Johnnie Murphy
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March 10, 1945 |
Box 10 | Folder 12 |
Court Martial of Charlie Ervin Jr.
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July 30, 1945 |
Box 10 | Folder 13 |
Materials relating to a talks and events surrounding a visit by family members of
those who served in the 366th to Italy in 2017.
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2017 |
Scope and Contents
Includes coloring book that has an image of the bell from Parrocchia Saint Maria Del
Carmine in Apulia.
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Box 11 | Folder 1 |
History of the 366th Infantry Regiment for the month of November 1944
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November 1944 |
Box 11 | Folder 2 |
History of the 366th Infantry Regiment for the month of December 1944
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December 1944 |
Box 11 | Folder 3 |
History of the 366th Infantry Regiment for the month of January 1945
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January 1945 |
Box 11 | Folder 4 |
History of the 366th Infantry Regiment for the month of February 1945
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February 1945 |
Box 11 | Folder 5 |
Operations Instructions 366th Infantry Regiment
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February - September 1943 |
Box 11 | Folder 6 |
Field Orders 366th Infantry Regiment
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1943 |
Box 11 | Folder 7 |
Field Orders 366th Infantry Regiment
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November - December 1944 |
Box 11 | Folder 8 |
Special Orders 366th Infantry Regiment
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January 1-31, 1944 |
Box 11 | Folder 9 |
Investigation of Combat Activities 1st Battalion 366th Infantry Regiment
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February 3-23, 1945 |
Box 11 | Folder 10 |
Investigation of Combat Activities 2nd Battalion 366th Infantry Regiment
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February 10-28, 1945 |
Box 11 | Folder 11 |
Report of Operations of the 3rd Battalion 366th Infantry Regiment
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February 8-11, 1945 |
Box 12 |
366th Infantry Regiment Soldier Deaths, February 10, 1941 - March 28, 1945, volumes
1-2
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2022 | |
Box 12 |
Pictorial History of the 366th Infantry
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Series II. Reproductions of Original Large Format Photographs
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Scope and Contents
Originals remain in the possession of the collector.
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Mapcase Folder 1 |
Officers of the 366th Infantry, Fort Devens, Massachusetts
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May 16, 1941 | |
Scope and Contents
Original from Thurston Jamison.
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Mapcase Folder 1 |
Company B 366th Infantry, Fort Devens Massachusetts
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May 1941 | |
Scope and Contents
CRobert W. Hainsworth, commanding. Original from Thurston Jamison.
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Mapcase Folder 1 |
Company I 366th Infantry, Fort Devens Massachusetts
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August 1941 | |
Scope and Contents
Captain Emerson J. Pierce, commanding. Original from Harold Russell.
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Mapcase Folder 1 |
Company D 366th Infantry, Fort Devens Massachusetts
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August 1941 | |
Scope and Contents
Captain Frederick O. Petite, commanding. Original from Charles Pratt.
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Mapcase Folder 1 |
First Service Command Tactical School Class 27, Publick House, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
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April 1943 | |
Scope and Contents
Original from Charles Pratt. Also a 2nd copy with individuals numbered for identification.
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Mapcase Folder 1 |
First Service Command Tactical School Class 28, Publick House, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
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May 1943 | |
Scope and Contents
Original from Charles Pratt. Also a 2nd copy with individuals numbered for identification.
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Mapcase Folder 1 |
Company D 366th Infantry, Fort A. P. Hill
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November 1943 | |
Scope and Contents
Original from Thurston Jamison.
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Mapcase Folder 1 |
Cannon Company 366th Infantry, Fort A. P. Hill, Virginia
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November 1943 | |
Scope and Contents
Original from Frank Cloud.
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Series III. Digital Material
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Box Estorage |
Digital files
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Scope and Contents
Biographies and digitized photographs of many of the soldiers. Also news coverage
and media associated with a 2017 events in Italy with family members of those who
served in the 366th, including an event in Sammichele di Bari where the soldiers bought
a bell for the church.
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Box 1 | DVD-1208-1211 |
The Dangerous Missions Collection
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2002 |
Scope and Contents
Includes a segment on the 366th.
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Box 1 | DVD-1212 |
Buffalo Soldiers, WWII Home Movies
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2008 |
Scope and Contents
By VFA. Home movies of the 366th Infantry Regiment shot at Fort Devens from 1943-1944.
CDV title incorrectly refers to them as Buffalo Soldiers.
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Box 1 | DVD-1213 |
Presentation on the 366th by James Pratt at the Fort Devens Historical Society
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November 9, 2013 |
Box 12 | DVD-4586 |
Presentation on the 366th by James Pratt at the Fort Devens Historical Society
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Box 1 | DVD-1214 |
366th Infantry Regiment Various Photos
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2014 |
Scope and Contents
High quality scans of photographs, some used in the creation of the reproductions
within the collection.
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Box 1 | DVD-1215 |
Interview with Harold E. Russell Jr.
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January 2014 |
Scope and Contents
Also includes digital photographs.
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Box 1 | DVD-1216 |
Presentation on the 366th by James Pratt at the Publick House, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
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May 15, 2014 |
Scope and Contents
At War in New England, the 366th Infantry Regiment in WWII.
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Box 12 | DVD-4588 |
Presentation on the 366th by James Pratt at the Publick House, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
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Box 1 | DVD-1217 |
Presentation on the 366th by James Pratt in North Yarmouth Maine
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May 17, 2014 |
Box 12 | DVD-4589 |
Presentation on the 366th by James Pratt in North Yarmouth Maine
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Box 1 | DVD-1220 |
Interview with Harold Smith a member of the 92nd Infantry who served in Italy in World
War II.
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2015 |
Box 1 | DVD-1222-1225 |
Digitized copies of the movie films from Karen Jamison, including Fort Devens and
footage from Japan.Please use these DVDs instead of the film reels listed below.
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Box 12 | DVD-4587 |
"The Good, the Bad, and the Beautiful: a glimpse at home state soldiers in the 366th
Infantry Regiment", presented to Lansing, Michigan rotary
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2018-07-20 |
Box 12 | DVD-4585 |
Connecting to One's Own History presentation
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2015-09-12 |
Box 12 | DVD-4584 |
Another Soldier's Story: chronology of the service of Judge Charles A. Pratt
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Series IV. 8mm Movie Films
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Scope and Contents
Titles are taken from the cans of film, the titles may not be 100% accurate of what
is depicted. The films may also have had multiple original reels spliced together
to form a new reel. Digitization was done by an outside vendor and placement on DVDs,
which may not be in the same order as the reels listed below.Please use DVD copies, not film reels.
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Box 1 | F-1076 |
Fort Devens, Koko, Ashtrid, Maine, Fort Dix?
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1941 |
8mm
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Scope and Contents
Jamison reel 1. Digitized on DVD-1222
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Box 1 | F-1077 |
Fort Devens, Mac, ?, Davies, S, Club etc., Pet ?
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8mm
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Scope and Contents
Jamison reel 2 Digitized on DVD-1222
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Box 1 | F-1078 |
Colonel Jim Robinson at ?
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8mm
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Scope and Contents
Jamison reel 8. Digitized on DVD-1222
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Box 1 | F-1079 |
Fort Devens, Training B Company
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1941-1942 |
8mm
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Scope and Contents
Jamison reel 13. Digitized on DVD-1223
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Box 1 | F-1099 |
Mt. Fuji Japan and Fort Dix
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Undated |
8mm
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Scope and Contents
Jamison reel 3. Digitized on DVD-1224
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Box 1 | F-1100 |
Seattle Washington
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1947 |
8mm
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Scope and Contents
Jamison reel 4. Digitized on DVD-1224, DVD-1225. Also has a stag film titled "A Model
Must Please" spliced in that shows women in their underwear from 1942.
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Box 1 | F-1101 |
Boat Trip to Japan on the S. S. Republic. Color
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1948? |
8mm
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Scope and Contents
Jamison reel 5. Digitized on DVD-1224
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Box 1 | F-1102 |
Gifu Japan. Color
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1948-1950 |
8mm
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Scope and Contents
Jamison reel 6. Digitized on DVD-1224
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Box 1 | F-1103 |
Camp Gifu Japan
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1947-1950 |
8mm
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Scope and Contents
Jamison reel 7. Digitized on DVD-1225
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