Description: A resolution recognizing the contributions of Colonel Charles Young and designating June 1, 2010 as Colonel Charles Young day in the District of Columbia. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS2009_B01F04_C
Subjects: African Americans; African American soldiers; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.; Buffalo Soldiers; National Minority Military Museum Foundation (NMMMF); Certificates
Places: District of Columbia
 

Description: A resolution dedicated to Colonel Charles Young, urging the United States Congress to pass House Resolution 5308 allowing the promotion of Young to Brigadier General. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS2009_B01F04_B
Subjects: African Americans; African American soldiers; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.; Buffalo Soldiers; National Minority Military Museum Foundation (NMMMF); Certificates
Places: Kentucky
 

Description: A certificate remembering, honoring, and recognizing Colonel Charles Young for his military service by Senator Robin L. Webb and the Commonwealth of Kentucky. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: NAM_MSS2009_B01F04_H
Subjects: African Americans; African American soldiers; Young, Charles, 1864-1922.; Buffalo Soldiers; National Minority Military Museum Foundation (NMMMF); Certificates
Places: Kentucky
 

Description: Parke Davis Patton was born February 15, 1923 in Columbus, Ohio to Charles and Jesse Davis Patton. He served as a pharmacist’s mate, second class, in the United States Navy during World War II. During the war, an Evansville, Indiana shipyard produced Landing Ship Tanks (LSTs), which supported the war effort by transporting men and material around the world. The Missouri Valley Bridge & Iron Company completed the LST 577 on May 3, 1944. It was launched on June 16, 1944, and was commissioned July 10, 1944. During the morning of February 11, 1945, the LST 577 was part of a convoy formation of ships east of Mindinano, Philippine Islands. The convoy was on a resupply run to Lingayen Gulf, Leyte and was approaching the point of rendezvous with other ships. As a result of the foggy, drizzling weather that morning, the crew had been allowed to sleep in. At approximately 9:05 a.m., two torpedoes from the Japanese submarine R050 passed through the convoy from port to starboard and struck the LST 577, at convoy position Number 21, on the port quarter. The explosion occurred just aft of the auxiliary engine room and broke the ship in two. The entire forward section of the ship aft frame sank immediately, because the main engines and superstructure were located in and on the back half of the ship. The forward section remained afloat. Over 166 Navy and Army personnel, including Patton, lost their lives. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: MSS1258AV
Subjects: United States Navy; World War II; Military Ohio; Soldiers--Ohio;
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Priest performing Mass for 37th Infantry Division soldiers in the Philippines, 1945. The 37th served in the Pacific Theater during World War II under the command of Major General Robert Beightler. The 37th Infantry Division was a part of the Ohio National Guard, nicknamed the "Buckeye Division." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03406
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Multicultural Ohio--Religion in Ohio
Places: Philippine Islands
 

Description: Photograph of General Douglass MacArthur sitting in a Jeep talking with Colonel Frederick of the 37th Infantry Division, Philippines, 1945. The 37th served in the Pacific Theater during World War II under the command of Major General Robert Beightler. The 37th Infantry Division was an Ohio National Guard division, nicknamed the "Buckeye Division." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03410
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Ohio History--Military Ohio
Places: Philippine Islands
 

Description: Photograph of the 37th Infantry Division Color Guard in the Philippines, probably as part of the Baguio Campaign, ca. April 1945. The 37th served in the Pacific Theater during World War II under the command of Major General Robert Beightler. The 37th Infantry Division was an Ohio National Guard Division, nicknamed the "Buckeye Division." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03411
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Ohio. National Guard
Places: Philippine Islands
 

Description: Photograph of the Color Guard of the 37th Infantry Division during review, Philippines, 1945. The 37th served in the Pacific Theater during World War II under the command of Major General Robert Beightler. They were an Ohio National Guard division, nicknamed the "Buckeye Division." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03412
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Ohio. National Guard
Places: Philippine Islands
 

Description: Photograph of a 37th Infantry Division flag raising ceremony, Philippines, 1945. The 37th served in the Pacific Theater during World War II under the command of Major General Robert Beightler. They were an Ohio National Guard division, nicknamed the "Buckeye Division." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03413
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Ohio. National Guard
Places: Philippine Islands
 

Description: Photograph of the 37th Infantry Division Color Guard during a ceremony in the Philippines, 1945. The 37th served in the Pacific Theater during World War II under the command of Major General Robert Beightler. They were an Ohio National Guard division, nicknamed the "Buckeye Division." View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03414
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Ohio. National Guard
Places: Philippine Islands
 

Description: This photograph shows the tomb of President William McKinley under construction in Canton, Ohio. William McKinley, Jr. was president of the United States from March, 1897 to September, 1901. McKinley was born in Niles, Ohio, but he spent much of his life in Canton, Ohio. Elected to two terms as president, McKinley's second term began as a celebration of the United States' victory in the Spanish-American War. Economic prosperity also seemed to have returned, following the Panic of 1893. The United States was involved in the Philippino Insurrection, as the nation tried to solidify its control over the Philippine Islands, but most Americans remained unconcerned with this conflict. To celebrate these accomplishments, McKinley embarked on a cross-country tour during the summer of 1901. Before returning to Washington, DC, McKinley stopped at Buffalo, New York, to give a speech at the Pan American Exposition. Leon Czolgosz assassinated McKinley at the exposition. McKinley died on September 14, 1901, eight days after being shot. To honor McKinley, schoolchildren from across the United States donated money to build the McKinley National Memorial in Canton. The McKinley Memorial Association, formed after the president's death, helped raise the funds. The memorial also is a tomb, with McKinley, his wife Ida Saxton McKinley, and two of the McKinleys' children interred inside. Harold Van Buren Magonigle designed the McKinley National Memorial. Construction began on the memorial in 1905. Workers used over two million bricks in the tomb's construction. The memorial is capped with two domes. One dome, which is fifty feet in diameter and seventy-five feet high, is known as the interior dome. The exterior dome is seventy-five feet in diameter and ninety-five feet high. President Theodore Roosevelt, who became president upon McKinley's death, dedicated the memorial on September 30, 1907. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07676
Subjects: Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; McKinley, William, 1843-1901; Monuments & memorials; Presidents
Places: Canton (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)
 

Description: The completed tomb of President William McKinley in Canton, Ohio. William McKinley, Jr. was president of the United States from March, 1897 to September, 1901. McKinley was born in Niles, Ohio, but he spent much of his life in Canton, Ohio. Elected to two terms as president, McKinley's second term began as a celebration of the United States' victory in the Spanish-American War. Economic prosperity also seemed to have returned, following the Panic of 1893. The United States was involved in the Philippino Insurrection, as the nation tried to solidify its control over the Philippine Islands, but most Americans remained unconcerned with this conflict. To celebrate these accomplishments, McKinley embarked on a cross-country tour during the summer of 1901. Before returning to Washington, DC, McKinley stopped at Buffalo, New York, to give a speech at the Pan American Exposition. Leon Czolgosz assassinated McKinley at the exposition. McKinley died on September 14, 1901, eight days after being shot. To honor McKinley, schoolchildren from across the United States donated money to build the McKinley National Memorial in Canton. The McKinley Memorial Association, formed after the president's death, helped raise the funds. The memorial also is a tomb, with McKinley, his wife Ida Saxton McKinley, and two of the McKinleys' children interred inside. Harold Van Buren Magonigle designed the McKinley National Memorial. Construction began on the memorial in 1905. Workers used over two million bricks in the tomb's construction. The memorial is capped with two domes. One dome, which is fifty feet in diameter and seventy-five feet high, is known as the interior dome. The exterior dome is seventy-five feet in diameter and ninety-five feet high. President Theodore Roosevelt, who became president upon McKinley's death, dedicated the memorial on September 30, 1907. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07677
Subjects: Ohio History--Presidents and Politics; Presidents; Tombs & sepulchral monuments; McKinley, William, 1843-1901
Places: Canton (Ohio); Stark County (Ohio)