Description: Photograph showing the 129th Infantry Regiment of the 37th Infantry Division in combat on Bougainville, March 1944. The 37th Infantry was nicknamed the Buckeye Division because it was originally comprised of Ohio National Guard units. The division went into combat in April 1943 on Guadacanal, Solomon Islands and spent over 600 days in action before the end of the war, more combat time than any other division. The 37th Infantry played a significant role in the invasion of the Phillippines. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P295_B03_F36_01
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Soldiers--Ohio; Ohio. National Guard
Places: Bougainville Island (Papua New Guinea);
 

Description: Photograph taken during the surrender of Major General Iguchi, Commanding General, 80th Brigade, Imperial Japanese Army, to Major General Robert Beightler, Commanding General, 37th Infantry Division. This event took place on Tuguegarao, Luzon, Philippines, September 5, 1945. The 37th Infantry was nicknamed the Buckeye Division because it was originally comprised of Ohio National Guard units. The division went into combat in April 1943 on Guadacanal, Solomon Islands and spent over 600 days in action before the end of the war, more combat time than any other division. The 37th Infantry played a significant role in the invasion of the Phillippines. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P295_B06_F126_03
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Soldiers--Ohio;
Places: Tuguegarao, Luzon (Philippines);
 

Description: Photograph taken during the surrender of Major General Iguchi, Commanding General, 80th Brigade, Imperial Japanese Army, to Major General Robert Beightler, Commanding General, 37th Infantry Division. This event took place on Tuguegarao, Luzon, Philippines, September 5, 1945. The 37th Infantry was nicknamed the Buckeye Division because it was originally comprised of Ohio National Guard units. The division went into combat in April 1943 on Guadacanal, Solomon Islands and spent over 600 days in action before the end of the war, more combat time than any other division. The 37th Infantry played a significant role in the invasion of the Phillippines. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P295_B06_F126_06
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Soldiers--Ohio;
Places: Tuguegarao, Luzon (Philippines);
 

Description: This broadside, published by the Soldiers' Aid Society of Akron, is a call to action to the "Loyal Women of Summit County." The text explains the purpose of and duties performed by societies and the Army Sanitary Commission, asks women to form local societies and instruct people on how to contribute goods for the Western Armies. The broadside has the names Mrs. E. Oviatt, Secretary, and Mrs. C.P. Wolcott, President of the Soldiers' Aid Society of Akron, at the bottom. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04292
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Soldiers--Ohio; Women--Societies and clubs--Ohio; Women--Ohio;
Places: Akron (Ohio); Summit County (Ohio)
 

Description: Portrait of Michael Harsh in his military uniform, ca. 1967. Michael Harsh enlisted in the Army in July 1966 at 20 years old. He married while in basic training in December 1966, and went back to military school before being called up to Vietnam in June 1967. He served in Vietnam from June of 1967 to June of 1968, working in communications on General Cryptographic Repair. He spent his remaining time in service between Germany and Fort Devens, Massachusetts, and was discharged in June of 1970. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV57_B1F1_01
Subjects: Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975; Vietnam War; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Soldiers--Ohio--Photographs;
Places: Phu Bai (Vietnam)
 

Description: Photograph of Michael Harsh on the military compound in Phu Bai, Vietnam, where he was stationed, ca. 1967-1968. Harsh enlisted in the Army in July 1966 at 20 years old. He married while in basic training in December 1966, and went back to military school before being called up to Vietnam in June 1967. He served in Vietnam from June of 1967 to June of 1968, working in communications on General Cryptographic Repair. He spent his remaining time in service between Germany and Fort Devens, Massachusetts, and was discharged in June of 1970. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV57_B1F1_03
Subjects: Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975; Vietnam War; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Soldiers--Ohio--Photographs;
Places: Phu Bai (Vietnam)
 

Description: Photograph of Michael Harsh in the barracks at the military compound in Phu Bai where he was stationed, ca. 1967-1968. Harsh enlisted in the Army in July 1966 at 20 years old. He married while in basic training in December 1966, and went back to military school before being called up to Vietnam in June 1967. He served in Vietnam from June of 1967 to June of 1968, working in communications on General Cryptographic Repair. He spent his remaining time in service between Germany and Fort Devens, Massachusetts, and was discharged in June of 1970. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AV57_B1F1_02
Subjects: Vietnamese Conflict, 1961-1975; Vietnam War; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Soldiers--Ohio--Photographs;
Places: Phu Bai (Vietnam)
 

Description: Color guard of the 23rd Ohio Volunteer Infantry with the national colors of their regiment, ca. 1863-1865. The regiment, composed of soldiers from Ohio, mustered in for Civil War service with the Union Army on June 11, 1861, at Camp Chase in Franklin County, Ohio. They mustered out on July 26, 1865, at Cumberland, Maryland. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL01167
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Soldiers--Ohio;
 

Description: Photograph showing Major General Robert Beightler, Commanding General, 37th Infantry Division, presenting a medal to an unidentified soldier. The 37th Infantry was nicknamed the Buckeye Division because it was originally comprised of Ohio National Guard units. The division went into combat in April 1943 on Guadacanal, Solomon Islands and spent over 600 days in action before the end of the war, more combat time than any other division. The 37th Infantry played a significant role in the invasion of the Phillippines. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P295_B02_F13_01
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Soldiers--Ohio
 

Description: Photograph showing Major General Robert Beightler, Commanding General, 37th Infantry Division, presenting a medal to an unidentified wounded soldier. The 37th Infantry was nicknamed the Buckeye Division because it was originally comprised of Ohio National Guard units. The division went into combat in April 1943 on Guadacanal, Solomon Islands and spent over 600 days in action before the end of the war, more combat time than any other division. The 37th Infantry played a significant role in the invasion of the Phillippines. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P295_B03_F16_01
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Soldiers--Ohio;
 

Description: Photograph showing Major General Robert Beightler, Commanding General, 37th Infantry Division, presenting a medal to an unidentified soldier. The 37th Infantry was nicknamed the Buckeye Division because it was originally comprised of Ohio National Guard units. The division went into combat in April 1943 on Guadacanal, Solomon Islands and spent over 600 days in action before the end of the war, more combat time than any other division. The 37th Infantry played a significant role in the invasion of the Phillippines. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P295_B03_F25_01
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Soldiers--Ohio
 

Description: Photograph taken during the surrender of Major General Iguchi, Commanding General, 80th Brigade, Imperial Japanese Army, to Major General Robert Beightler, Commanding General, 37th Infantry Division. This event took place on Tuguegarao, Luzon, Philippines, September 5, 1945. The 37th Infantry was nicknamed the Buckeye Division because it was originally comprised of Ohio National Guard units. The division went into combat in April 1943 on Guadacanal, Solomon Islands and spent over 600 days in action before the end of the war, more combat time than any other division. The 37th Infantry played a significant role in the invasion of the Phillippines. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: P295_B06_F126_02
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Soldiers--Ohio;
Places: Tuguegarao, Luzon (Philippines);