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[Men on a German Bomb Crate]

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Photographs of men in an army camp, posing with a German bomb crate and drilling holes in it with an awl. The people are identified as "McCoy & Me" (right and left) and "McCoy & Lorton" (center). Handwritten text says: "At St. Quintin, north eastern France - near Belgium. Making a 'four-holer' - outdoor toilet - made from German bomb crate. We were here only a few days."

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3 photographs : b&w ; on card

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Partain, Douglas Wise [1943..1945].

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This photograph is part of the collection entitled: Angelina County History Harvest and was provided by the Angelina County History Center to The Portal to Texas History, a digital repository hosted by the UNT Libraries. More information about this photograph can be viewed below.

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Angelina County History Center

The His­to­ry Cen­ter col­lects, pre­serves, and makes avail­able the his­to­ry of our region and its peo­ple for the edu­ca­tion­al use and ben­e­fit of present and future gen­er­a­tions. Geo­graph­i­cal­ly, this area includes but is not lim­it­ed to Angeli­na and the imme­di­ate sur­round­ing East Texas coun­ties. This region­al des­ig­na­tion includes an inter­est in the nat­ur­al and social his­to­ry of the area, the East Texas lum­ber indus­try, and the records of region­al fam­i­lies, orga­ni­za­tions, busi­ness­es, and governments.

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Photographs of men in an army camp, posing with a German bomb crate and drilling holes in it with an awl. The people are identified as "McCoy & Me" (right and left) and "McCoy & Lorton" (center). Handwritten text says: "At St. Quintin, north eastern France - near Belgium. Making a 'four-holer' - outdoor toilet - made from German bomb crate. We were here only a few days."

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3 photographs : b&w ; on card

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Angelina County History Harvest

Residents of Angelina County and the surrounding area were invited to participate in the Angelina County History Harvest at the Museum of East Texas in Lufkin, TX. Materials in this collection include photographs, letters, postcards, clipping, and more.

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  • Feb. 13, 2020, 7:08 a.m.

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  • Feb. 8, 2023, 8:12 p.m.

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Partain, Douglas Wise. [Men on a German Bomb Crate], photograph, [1943..1945]; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1222763/: accessed May 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Angelina County History Center.

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