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World War II Soldiers Playing Volleyball Photograph
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Title
World
War
II
Soldiers
Playing
Volleyball
Photograph
Subject
Military Ohio
Sports
World War II
Soldiers
Volleyball
Place
Ohio
Solomon Islands
Description
This
photograph
shows
officers
from the
77th
Anti-Aircraft
Artillery
playing
volleyball
in
Munda
,
New
Georgia
in the
Solomon
Islands
. The
photograph
was
taken
on
June
17
,
1944
. The
77th
was
part
of the
37th
Infantry
Division
and
stationed
in the
Pacific
theater
during
World
War
II
. The
37th
served
in the
Pacific
under
the
command
of
Major
General
Robert
Beightler
.
Known
as the "
Buckeye
"
Division
,
it
was
one
of the
most
highly-decorated
National
Guard
units
in
World
War
II
.
Seventeen
Congressional
Medals
of
Honor
were
awarded
to
National
Guard
troops
during
the
war
, and
seven
of them
went
to
members
of the
37th
. The
photograph
measures
8
"
x
10
"
(20.32
x
25.4
cm)
. The
37th
Infantry
Division
mustered
in at
Camp
Shelby
,
Mississippi
in
October
1940
. The
division
was
sent
to the
Pacific
theater
in the
spring
of
1942
. The
division's
first
battle
was in
July
1943
in the
Solomon
Islands
.
It
participated
in
fierce
jungle
fighting
at
New
Georgia
,
Bougainville
, and
Guadalcanal
. Also
serving
in the
Philippine
campaign
, the
division
spent
592
days
in
combat
zones
,
killed
33,590
Japanese
soldiers
, and
captured
2,161
enemy
prisoners
.
Date of Original
June
17
,
1944
Collection
Robert
S
.
Beightler
Photograph
Collection
Source
Audiovisual
material
;
P
295/N
56
S
Format
picture
Submitting Institution
Ohio Historical Society
Rights
Online access is provided for research purposes only. For rights and reproduction requests or more information, go to
http://www.ohiohistory.org/images/information
Type
StillImage
File Name
Om3219_3813107_001.tif
Image Height
2000
Image Width
2573
File Size
793.716 KB
Date created
2009-01-22
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