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[Ariel view of Camp Swift including Headquarters, Post Finance Office, U. S. Post Office and north cantonment area]

Description: Photograph of an aerial view of Camp Swift Headquarters, Finance Building, U. S. Post Office and a portion of the north cantonment area. The long wooden buildings are arranged parallel to each other, with the two-story Headquarters building in the center and the one-story Finance and Post Office buildings to each side. A flag pole with flag is visible in the foreground, and the cantonment area buildings are in the background.
Date: 1942/1945
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

[Raising the Flag at Camp Swift]

Description: Photograph of four soldiers raising the flag for the first time at Camp Swift. Writing on the back reads: "Left to right: 1st Lt. Victor M. Wallace, adjutant; 2nd Lt. Henry Stone, Motor Pool Officer; Major Oscar P. Houston, Executive; and Major Earl Chase, Director of Supply. When the flag pole was originally set in place it was not perfectly vertical. It was necessary to take it up and reset it which was a major operation because of its length, weight, and concrete setting."
Date: May 4, 1942
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Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library

Camp Mabry - West End

Description: Photograph of a line of seven buildings at Camp Mabry in Austin, Texas. The buildings have stone walls on the ends and wooden or metal siding along their lengths. Text at the bottom of the image says "West End."
Date: January 9, 1942
Creator: Douglass, Neal
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Location: 30.317724 -97.757699
Partner: Austin History Center, Austin Public Library
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