World War II
These are photos of people and places connected to World War II -- men and women from East Central Illinois, the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C., and other related images. Please feel free to submit your own images, complete with captions to let us all know more about the subjects. (Images must be approved before they'll be published, but we'll try to make that happen quickly.)
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World War II
Photographer: Kenneth E Baughman
Capt. John ( Jack) Baughman who led the bombing raid on Berlin, March 18, 1945, being the lead plane of 1300 B-17 sorties bombing mission of the 8th Army Air Corps. The grandson of pioneer Mennonite farmers of the Gridley Prairie, Panola Township, Woodford County, Illinois, from 1860 to 1896, John and Catherine Naffziger Baughman. Being his 34th mission he was then discharged from active duty.
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World War II
Photographer: Michael Howie
The World War II Memorial in Washington, as seen from the Washington Monument. The reflecting pool leads to the Lincoln Memorial.
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World War II
Photographer: Darrell Hoemann/The News-Gazette
Veterans, family and friends went from East Central Illinois to Washington, D.C., for the dedication of the World War II Memorial in 2004. Here, they visit the Marine Corps War Memorial, also known as the Iwo Jima Memorial.
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World War II
Photographer: Marine Corps
Official Marine photo of casualties on Iwo Jima, courtesy of Jim Kelly.
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World War II
Photographer: Marine Corps
Religious service on Iwo Jima.
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World War II
Photographer: Courtesy McCarrey family
Quentin McCarrey of Sidney drove the Burma Road during his Army service in India.
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World War II
Photographer: Courtesy Art Leenerman
The USS Indianapolis. Art Leenerman of Mahomet, who survived the torpedo attack that sank the ship, is the third from the left in the front row.
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World War II
Photographer: Courtesy Chick Bruns
Charles "Chick" Bruns of Champaign in uniform with, from left, his sister Geneva, his mother Joanna and his father Francis.
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World War II
Photographer: Courtesy Green family
Urbana native Cornelia Green decoded Japanese messages while stationed in Washington, D.C.
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World War II
Photographer: Family photo
Gene Conn arrived at Utah Beach in Normandy, France, on June 16, 1944. On D-Day, his wife had given birth to twin daughters back home.
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World War II
Photographer: Family photo
Eveyln Conn and her twin daughters, born on D-Day. Gene Conn, husband of Evelyn and father of the twins, landed on Utah Beach in France on June 16, 1944 -- 10 days after the girls were born.
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World War II
Photographer: Marion family
Robert Marion of Mississippi served in the Army and after the war, he and his wife Hattie made Champaign-Urbana their home.
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World War II
Photographer: Skeels family
Lewis Skeels served in the Merchant Marine.
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World War II
Photographer: Green family
Fred Green and his father, University of Illinois Professor Frederick Green, in 1943 in Urbana as the younger Green prepares to leave for duty in World War II. Fred Green came home and became a judge in Champaign County and then served as a Fourth District Appellate Court judge.
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World War II
Photographer: Skeels family
One side of a shore leave pass that reminded its owner to keep quiet.
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World War II
Photographer: Skeels family
The front of a shore leave pass.
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World War II
Photographer: Scanned from original by W.D. Landsaw
A card from the ship my father was on at the time.
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World War II
Photographer: Scanned from original by W. D. Landsaw
2nd page of the 1941 USS Mississippi card.
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World War II
Photographer: Scanned from original by W.D. Landsaw
Chaplain's hut, Christmas, Guadalcanal, 1942. Collection of W.O. Landsaw
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