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MacDonald Knight and his sister, Perlita Knight (Gauthier), standing in front of Mom's Cafe in Minturn, suitcases in hand. Don was returning to the Army and Perlita was enlisting in the Waves.
Verso: "Don recalled to Army duty, Perlita enlisting in Waves, at Mom's Café in Minturn 1943"
63) Trail ride
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A trail ride, possibly led by Edith Eidem, at Lucky G.J. Ranch.
Margaret Smith, Edith Eidem, and Delia Bridget O'Callaghan, three WW II ex-Wacs, bought the Ranch in February 1947 from Mr. and Mrs. Carl Stewart. They operated the 300-acre ranch as a dude ranch. There was a thirty-two room ranch house that they cleaned up and then they added cabins and worked fields.
Gene Godat worked as their hunting guide for tourists. Gene and Fawntella Godat...
64) Earnest A. Cook
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Photo postcard of Earnest A. Cook, in Army uniform, training at Camp Dix, New Jersey, for World War I.
On the back, he writes: "Dear Sweetheart, This picture isn't very good as there is too much light on my face and it blurred across my eyes. Will have some better ones taken before I go across. Be good, Dearie. Yours lovingly, Earnest. That stern look is necessary when we stand at attention."
65) Carl Thomas
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Studio photo of Cpl. Carl Thomas in U.S. Army uniform.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Military marker for: "Howard G. Stonestreet, Colorado, TEC5 495 MP Escort GD CO, World War II PH, May 30, 1900--May 10, 1954," in the McCoy Cemetery. A cross is engraved at the top center of the marker.
67) John Norton
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Photo postcard of John Norton, in Army uniform, training for World War I. He's posed in front of an American flag.
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Large billboard on fence line of Camp Hale. Cartoon shows "Camp Hale" arm hitting Adolph Hitler with Hirohito watching. Barracks visible in left background; snow on ground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Mules corralled next to the mule barn at Camp Hale.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Verso: "Mom at Gilman with Harold Stoner home on furlough." Sophie Knight and Harold Stoner are posed next to an automobile.
"Harold was a good friend of my brother Don. So there was work at the mine and Harold boarded with us. So I guess he was really 'home' on leave!" -- letter Nov. 25, 2013, Betty Jo Schmidt to Jaci Spuhler
71) Ivan "Ike" Dumph
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Ivan "Ike" Dump in his Army uniform during World War II, including a regulation special issue sweater,
72) Charley Dump
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Portrait photograph of Charley Roy Dump. "Charley left home to join the Army at age 17. He later joined the Air Force and proudly served his country for 31 years. He retired in 1975 as the youngest Air Force Warrant Officer ever appointed. ... In his youth he was an avid skier, and was selected to compete, as an alternate for Downhill and Slalom for the 1948 Olympics Team in St. Moritz, Switzerland." -- obituary 2003
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Ellis Bearden, in uniform, standing with his stepmother, Elizabeth Diamond Bearden. Ellis's mother, Maude Lewright Bearden, died in 1933, leaving three sons with husband Roland J. Beardon. Roland and Elizabeth were married in 1939.
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Military marker for: "Frank Dott Bedell, Colorado, Sgt CO D 347 MG BN 91 DIV, World War I, Dec. 14, 1889--Oct. 10, 1956," in the McCoy Cemetery. A cross is engraved at the top of the marker, a Masonic emblem is engraved at the bottome.
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Inscription reads: "DeWitt, ?, Jim Summer, Al, Albert, 'Snooks,' ?"
76) Ellis Bearden
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Studio portrait of Ellis Bernard Bearden in Army Uniform. He served with the 3rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion during World War II, fighting for 21 months in Germany and France. "He told friends about being caught in Belgium, in the Battle of the Bulge, just days before Christmas. The Allied troops were surrounded by Germans, and the cloudy weather prevented planes from providing air support for days. Bearden talked of his joy on the day the...
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1944: U.S. Army Mule Packers passing through Red Cliff, Colorado. Snow on ground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
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Members of the U.S. Army Signal Corps stationed at Camp Hale and guests.
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Theodore "Bud" Beck on leave from the Army, October 1944, standing in the Beck's yard. The house in the background burned down. Tib Montoya was living in it at the time.
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Camp Hale, looking down at the railway with train in midground at left. Smoke from the Camp is at midground, right. Snow on the ground.
[Title supplied from catalog prepared by the Eagle County Historical Society.]
