Carroll Gartin Photographs
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Identifier
MPAP_b5_f11_009
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Approximate Date
1950-1959
Description
Inscribed on back: "Camp Lee, VA. Oct -- Commissioned as the youngest second lieutenants at the recent graduation at the Quartermaster School, Camp Lee, Va. were Stephen S. Gardner of 168 Main Street, Wakefield Mass., and Cass Anthony Collins Jr. of 2211 Wabash Street, Detroit, Michigan. Lauded for outstanding work by Brig. General H.L. Whittaker, Q.M. School Commandant, the two officers are among eight men who were commissioned under 21 years of age, in a record graduating class of 1199 officer candidates."
Subject Headings (Library of Congress)
Gartin, Carroll, 1913-1966
Relational Format
photograph
Extent
8 x 10 in.
Original Format
black-and-white photographs
Original Collection
Carroll Gartin Collection (MUM00198), Archives and Special Collections, University of Mississippi Libraries
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