Selected photograph from the California State Guard Base Hospital No. 1 (Marion Davies War Work Hospital) from the collection of Corporal Marion Bross circa 1941-1942. Corporal Bross joined the California State Guard Women’s Ambulance and Medical Battalion in September of 1941. On 13 January 1942 the keys of the Marion Davies Children’s Hospital were turned
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The Texas Guardsman Magazine from April of 1946. The Texas Guardsman was a monthly publication by the Texas State Guard Officers Association. In this edition you will find articles on: 1.Walker Is A “Soldier’s Soldier”: Major General Fred L. Walker who is originally from Ohio, transplanted himself in Texas to become the Commander of the
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The Texas Guardsman Magazine from March of 1946. The Texas Guardsman was a monthly publication by the Texas State Guard Officers Association. In this edition you will find articles on: Texas-A Century Old: On February 19th at 100th anniversary of Texas Statehood in Austin a military theme predominated. The Fifth Battalion of the Texas State
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The Texas Guardsman Magazine from February of 1946. The Texas Guardsman was a monthly publication by the Texas State Guard Officers Association. In this edition you will find articles on: Tornado: The Texas State Guard in East Texas (Nacogdoches, Lufkin, Palestine, Corsicana, Crockett, and Greensville) responded to a Tornado on 4 January. Guardsmen spend long
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