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Metadata
Title |
Harold B. Green World War II Photograph Collection |
Collection |
Harold B. Green World War II Photograph Collection |
Catalog Number |
019PC11 |
Date |
1942-1955 |
Location |
Various |
Description |
Collection consists of 86 photographs related to the service of Harold B. Green in the U.S. Army Air Force during World War II. The son of Jewish immigrants, Green was born and grew up in Louisville, Kentucky, and enlisted in the Air Force in 1942 at the age of 19. Green served as an intelligence specialist in photo reconnaissance during the 1944-1945 campaigns of Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, Central Europe, Ardennes, and Air Offensive Europe. Photographs from Louisville and other locations in the United States include ones of Green with his father Morris Green [019PC11.01], with his younger brother Hugh Edward (Eddie) Green [019PC11.02], and with other soldiers during their Air Force training [019PC11.03-.14], with one at Pete Field, Mississippi, in November 1943 [019PC11.15] and two others at the Lamar Hotel in Meridian, Mississippi, in January 1944 [019PC11.32-.33]. A photograph of Green dated April 2, 1942, was signed "To My Good Pal Gil" [019PC11.04], referring to Gilbert "Gilly" Rosenberg, who grew up next to Green on the 300 block of East Market Street of Louisville. A photograph of Rosenberg is signed "Best of luck - ‘Gil’" and includes a note that Rosenberg was killed September 1942 in a New Jersey plane crash during his Air Force training [019PC11.78]. The verso of an undated photograph of a unit of uniformed men reads, "Good-bye Godman – we’re going over," and may document the unit’s embarkation from New York City in February 1942 [019PC11.16]. Photographs from Europe in 1944-1945 primarily depict Green posing by himself or with fellow soldiers. Locations identified on the back of the photographs are the Thames River and Buckingham Palace in London in May 1944 [019PC11.25, 019PC11.36]; Chalgrove, England, in June 1944 [019PC11.37-.39]; Rennes, France, in August 1944 [019PC11.40, 019PC11.52]; St. Dizier, France, in September-October 1944 [019PC11.41-.47]; Paris, France in October 1944 [019PC11.48]; "Graumont" and the Franco-Belgium border in late 1944 [019PC11.49-.51, 019PC11.53-.55]; and Amsterdam, Netherlands, in August 1945 [019PC11.74]. Two photographs from 1944 are of Green in Oxford, England, with three other Jewish soldiers from Louisville: Mendel "Mendy" Katz, Alvin "Booby" Rosenberg, and David "DD" Weisberg [019PC11.75-.76]. The four young men recreated the photograph after the war at Club Madrid in Louisville [019PC11.77]. Photographs from Germany during the first half of 1945 [019PC11.56-.70] include ones of the Cologne Cathedral after the bombing of Cologne, Germany [019PC11.59-61]. A photograph dated April 1945 identifies its subject as the surrender of German dignitaries, including Foreign Minister Franz Von Poppen, to the Allies [019PC11.65]. Photographs document the visit of entertainers Bob Hope, Jerry Colona, and Gail Robbins at Furth and Nuremberg on July 24, 1945 [019PC11.68-.69]. There is a photograph of Green with his photo reconnaissance unit in England, with their names listed [019PC11.79], and one of Army General George S. Patton and Air Force General Otto P. Weyland, with their signatures and "To the 10th Reconnaissance Group" printed on the photograph [019PC11.86]. SEE ALSO: Green, Harold B., 1922-2011. Papers, 1942-1945, 1955 [Mss. C G]. Items digitized include: 019PC11.16: Harold Bernard Green, World War 2, European Tour S/Sgt, "Goodbye Godman-we're going over" written on back, ca. 1942 019PC11.17: Harold Bernard Green, World War 2, European Tour S/Sgt 019PC11.23: Harold Bernard Green, World War 2, European Tour S/Sgt 019PC11.24: Harold Bernard Green, World War 2, European Tour S/Sgt 019PC11.34: Harold Bernard Green, World War 2, European Tour S/Sgt, "The sun was out but still plenty cold. In front of Hut 18." written on back, March 1944 019PC11.37: Harold Bernard Green, World War 2, European Tour S/Sgt, Left to right: S/Stg. Harold Green, T/Sgt. A. C. Holm, T/Sgt, A. T. Bompiani, S/Stg. G. Case, Chalgrove, England, June 1944 0019PC11.38: Harold Bernard Green, World War 2, European Tour S/Sgt, "I told you your son was a "Chow-Lound." Taken at our "open-air" mess site." written on back, Chalgrove, England, June 1944 019PC11.40: Harold Bernard Green, World War 2, European Tour S/Sgt, August 1944, Rennes, France 019PC11.45: Harold Bernard Green, World War 2, European Tour S/Sgt, "Here same again with that same ME-110" written on back, Saint Dizier, France, 1944 019PC11.47: Harold Bernard Green, World War 2, European Tour S/Sgt, "A sidewalk café "somewhere" in Granes" written on back, Petrasek, Cooper, and Green, Saint Dizier, France, October 26, 1944 019PC11.48: Harold Bernard Green, World War 2, European Tour S/Sgt, Paris, France, October 1944 019PC11.76: Harold Bernard Green, World War 2, European Tour S/Sgt, Harold Green, Mendell Katz, Alvin "Boobie" Rosenberg, "DD" Weisberg, Oxford, England 019PC11.77: Harold Bernard Green, World War 2, European Tour S/Sgt,"DD" Weisberg, Alvin "Boobie" Rosenberg, Mendell Katz, and Harold Green at the Club Madrid-Post War, Louisville, Kentucky 019PC11.79: Harold Bernard Green, World War 2, European Tour S/Sgt, England next stop Omaha Beach, Standing: Lt. Price, Maj. Newton Jarrard, Lt. Col. Richard Hibbard, Capt. George Brinkerhoff, Kneeling: Cpl. Harry Cooper, Sgt. Mendel Katz, S/Stg Green, T/Stg A. C. (Curly) Holm, Pvt Meyer, 1944 019PC11.80: Harold Bernard Green, World War 2, European Tour S/Sgt |
Search Terms |
Jews Soldiers Twentieth century World War (1939-1945) |