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Co. D. 141st. 1st Bn.

Description: Photograph of three soldiers from World War II at Camp Bowie in Brownwood, Texas. The soldiers are members of the 141st Infantry Company D. From left to right: Billy Shell, Gil C. Russi, Hollis Wilson.
Date: April 16, 1941
Creator: Skillern's
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Sulphur Springs Public Library

Camp Bowie Recreation Center

Description: Letter about Camp Bowie Recreation Center, military camp during World War II, and a photograph of some new recruits including Lois Maxwell "Buddy" Sinclair, and a photograph of Katie Sinclair, Buddy's wife. The soldiers are members of the 141st Infantry, 36th Infantry Division.
Date: 1941-01-13~
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Sulphur Springs Public Library

[Change of Address for Jesse Boyd]

Description: Postcard sent to Jesse Francis Boyd at Camp Bowie, Texas, containing a blank form to be used in case of a change of address.
Date: January 17, 1943
Creator: United States. War Department. Office of Dependency Benefits.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum

[Homer Petross in Front of His Home]

Description: Photograph of Homer Petross standing in front of his home in Brownwood, Texas. He is wearing a khaki U.S. Army uniform, garrison cap, and spectacles. His house is lightly colored horizontal clapboard with vertical slats and brick near the bottom.
Date: [1942..1945]
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

[Zanetta Holding Snake]

Description: Photograph of a smiling Joseph Zanetta holding up a long snake in a grassy field at Camp Bowie. Zanetta wears combat fatigues, a helmet, and sunglasses, and trees are visible in the background.
Date: 1944
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum

Oral History Interview with Thomas A. Whitehead, February 2, 1977

Description: Interview with Thomas Whitehead, a Texas National Guard WWII veteran and POW from Wichita Falls, Texas. Whitehead discusses his experiences as a member of 2nd Battalion, 131st Field Artillery, the "Lost Battalion" captured on Java in March 1942, including: joining the National Guard; participation in the Louisiana Maneuvers; departure for the Philippines and diversion to Brisbane; assignment to Sangosari Airfield near Malang; the surrender of American forces; internment at Tanjong Priok and Bic… more
Date: February 2, 1977
Creator: Marcello, Ronald E. & Whitehead, Thomas A.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Book
Partner: UNT Oral History Program

[Col. Carl Phinney and Col. Miller Ainsworth at the 36th Infantry Division Convention at Brownwood]

Description: Photograph of two men, one holding document, Col. Carl Phinney and Col. Miller Ainsworth. They are holding a resolution passed by the convention requesting a congressional investigation of the Rapido River crossing which occurred in Italy two years prior.
Date: January 1, 1946
Creator: Douglass, Neal
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Photograph of Workers Building Camp Bowie Motor Repair Shop]

Description: Photograph of a group of men working on a partially-constructed building, with the caption "Motor Repair Shop, S-P-14 B.L.U.G. Camp Bowie Tex." A handwritten note on the back of the photo says "Front row, near center of photo: left to right: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Herman Lester Drinkard 6. Note: This building is now (1990) used by the Brownwood Independent School District as a Bus Barn."
Date: August 26, 1941
Creator: Waltons Studio
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Brown County Museum of History

[List of Personnel: CCC Company 872, Camp Bowie]

Description: Roster with a list of personnel at Camp Bowie in Brownwood, Texas, including officers, leaders, assistant leaders, enrollers, drouth relief, mascots, and other personnel. A note in the text says "The pictures of many of these men will be found in the group picture made in early 1935."
Date: December 25, 1934
Item Type: Refine your search to only Text
Partner: Brown County Museum of History
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