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Title: Soldiers waiting to depart for Korea
Creator: Williams, Hanson A., Jr., 1928-2009
Date Created and/or Issued: 1952-01-14
Publication Information: Pepperdine University Libraries
The Korean War Photography of Hanson A. Williams, Jr. [digital resource], Pepperdine University Special Collections and University Archives
Contributing Institution: Pepperdine University, Special Collections and University Archives
Collection: The Korean War Photography of Hanson A. Williams, Jr
Rights Information: Copyright to photographs in this collection is retained by Pepperdine University. Images are intended for educational and research use, and may be used for non-commercial purposes with appropriate attribution. Organizations and individuals seeking to use images for publication should contact Pepperdine University Special Collections and University Archives.
Description: Troops wait in the rain at the Camp Stoneman pier in Pittsburg, California with assignments chalked on their helmets. This photo is part of a series documenting Williams’ shipping out to Korea. The journey that started in Pittsburg, where a ferry would carried troops to San Francisco, continued on the USS General M. C. Meigs for the two-week voyage to Japan and then on to Korea.
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Type: image
Format: image/jp2
Identifier: will00001.tif
http://cdm15730.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/p15730coll5/id/965
Subject: Military life
Military personnel
War
Military mobilizations
Harbors
Korean War, 1950-1953
Pittsburg (Calif.)
Camp Stoneman (Calif.)
University Archives
Source: Hanson A. Williams, Jr. Collection of Photographs and Negatives 0017: http://www.oac.cdlib.org/findaid/ark:/13030/c8r78g0k
Black and white negative, 2.25 x 2.25 inches;
Relation: The Korean War Photography of Hanson A. Williams, Jr

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