Military vehicles; Cities & towns; Streets; Military personnel; Soldiers; Military uniforms; Arms & armament
Several soldiers outfitted with helmets, rifles, and flak vests are riding in a small truck through Qui Nhon on their way back to the military base at Vung Chua Mountain. All but the driver are wearing helmets. They are driving toward a group of...
Special Field Order No. 69 from Headquarters, Department of the Cumberland, calling for creation of a commission to investigate damages sustained by Nashville citizens and their property during Federal occupation.
Military pass issued by the Provost Marshal's office to Mrs. Spencer for herself, her carriage, and driver through Federal lines to three miles out Lebanon Pike- good for 60 days. Signed by Captain H. H. Curling, Assistant Provost Marshal.
Letter from Christopher Ammons telling about meeting Thomas Page, a friend from Clarksville, in Qui Nhon. He and Page, a truck driver in the army, had a long conversation. Ammons asks his family to call Page's parents and tell them he is doing...
Cover depicts a car with a running board. The driver sits on the right side of the coupe and the lady to his left with scarf blowing in the breeze as the top is down. Inset photograph of Ray Montgomery and the Healey Sisters (song performers).
Civilian Conservation Corps (U.S.); New Deal, 1933-1939
"Jimmie Driver and his Tennessee Playboys" band. Pictured are three guitar players, one fiddle player, one banjo player, a harmonica player, and a spoons player with each holding his instrument. The caption on the front of the photograph...
Pvt. James W. Siler, Co. B, 33rd Tenn. Inf. Regt., CSA, was from Hardeman County, Tenn. He served as a teamster, the company wagon driver, and fought at Shiloh. Siler was captured twice and sent to Alton Prison, Ill. Harsh conditions there resulted...
Alfred "Uncle Alfred" Jackson (circa 1812-1901), body servant of Andrew Jackson, sitting in his red cedar log cabin (built in 1841) at the Hermitage. A quilt is visible on the bed.
