Description: Established in 1861, Camp Dennison was a military recruiting and training camp for the Union Army during the Civil War. Named for Ohio Governor William Dennison, it was located near Cincinnati, Ohio. Camp Dennison encompassed more than five hundred acres of land, and housed more than fifty thousand men who passed through the camp during the Civil War. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04217
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Military training
Places: Cincinnati (Ohio); Hamilton County (Ohio)
 

Description: Pvt. Michael John Petrucci (right) and Pvt. Charles Hanna (left), preparing to donate blood in Cherry Point, North Carolina, Summer 1952. Petrucci was born August 9, 1930, in Youngstown, Ohio, where he grew up and attended school. Petrucci enlisted in the Marine Corps in July of 1952, and began basic training at Cherry Point Marine Base in North Carolina in August 1953. He received orders for overseas duty in May 1953, but when the United States and North Korea ended hostilities in July 1953, his transfer to Korea was halted. Petrucci was eventually sent to Korea in September 1953 and stationed at the First Marine Aircraft Wing base in the town of Pohang Dong, where he served until July 1954. By September 1954, Petrucci had returned to civilian life in Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07471
Subjects: Ohio History--Military Ohio; Military life; United States Marine Corps; Korean War (1950-1953)
Places: Cherry Point (North Carolina)
 

Description: Pvt. Michael Petrucci lying prone with M-1 rifle waiting for the "cattle car" to the rifle range. This photograph was taken in Summer 1952 at Cherry Point Marine Base in North Carolina. Petrucci was born August 9, 1930, in Youngstown, Ohio, where he grew up and attended school. Petrucci enlisted in the Marine Corps in July of 1952, and began basic training at Cherry Point in August 1953. He received orders for overseas duty in May 1953, but when the United States and North Korea ended hostilities in July 1953, his transfer to Korea was halted. Petrucci was eventually sent to Korea in September 1953 and stationed at the First Marine Aircraft Wing base in the town of Pohang Dong, where he served until July 1954. By September 1954, Petrucci had returned to civilian life in Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07472
Subjects: Ohio History--Military Ohio; Military life; United States Marine Corps; Korean War (1950-1953)
Places: Cherry Point (North Carolina)
 

Description: Pvt. Michael Petrucci on the flight line at Cherry Point Marine Base in North Carolina, September 1952. Petrucci was born August 9, 1930, in Youngstown, Ohio, where he grew up and attended school. Petrucci enlisted in the Marine Corps in July of 1952, and began basic training at Cherry Point in August 1953. He received orders for overseas duty in May 1953, but when the United States and North Korea ended hostilities in July 1953, his transfer to Korea was halted. Petrucci was eventually sent to Korea in September 1953 and stationed at the First Marine Aircraft Wing base in the town of Pohang Dong, where he served until July 1954. By September 1954, Petrucci had returned to civilian life in Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07473
Subjects: Ohio History--Military Ohio; Military life; United States Marine Corps; Korean War (1950-1953)
Places: Cherry Point (North Carolina)
 

Description: Portrait of George Crook (1828-1890), born near Dayton, Ohio, from "Howe's Historical Collections of Ohio" by Henry Howe, 1907. During the Civil War, Crook was colonel of a regiment of Ohio volunteers and participated in numerous major battles. Crook left the volunteer service in 1866, but remained in the regular army for the remainder of his life, serving as a lieutenant colonel before earning the rank of major general. As the United States expanded westward, Crook spent most of the 1870s and the 1880s battling against the Apache and Sioux Indians in the American West. William Sherman, Crook's commanding officer for much of this period, declared Crook to have been the "greatest Indian fighter" that the United States ever produced. During the later years of his life, Crook became a staunch defender of Native-American rights and sought better treatment for the Indians, especially those who assisted the United States Army in the Indian Wars, from the federal government. In 1888, Crook became commander of the Division of Missouri, a position he retained until his death on March 21, 1893. He is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04233
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Military officers
Places: Dayton (Ohio); Montgomery County (Ohio)
 

Description: PFC Michael Petrucci in front of one of the Smithsonian buildings in Washington, D.C., Fall 1952. Petrucci was born August 9, 1930, in Youngstown, Ohio, where he grew up and attended school. Petrucci enlisted in the Marine Corps in July of 1952, and began basic training at Cherry Point Marine Base in North Carolina in August 1953. He received orders for overseas duty in May 1953, but when the United States and North Korea ended hostilities in July 1953, his transfer to Korea was halted. Petrucci was eventually sent to Korea in September 1953 and stationed at the First Marine Aircraft Wing base in the town of Pohang Dong, where he served until July 1954. By September 1954, Petrucci had returned to civilian life in Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07474
Subjects: Ohio History--Military Ohio; Military life; United States Marine Corps; Korean War (1950-1953)
Places: Washington (D.C.)
 

Description: PFC Michael Petrucci standing in front of his barracks in El Toro, California, awaiting shipment to Korea in the summer of 1953. El Toro was the home of a Marine Corp Air Station that was later decommissioned in 1999. Petrucci was born August 9, 1930, in Youngstown, Ohio, where he grew up and attended school. Petrucci enlisted in the Marine Corps in July of 1952, and began basic training at Cherry Point Marine Base in North Carolina in August 1953. He received orders for overseas duty in May 1953, but when the United States and North Korea ended hostilities in July 1953, his transfer to Korea was halted. Petrucci was eventually sent to Korea in September 1953 and stationed at the First Marine Aircraft Wing base in the town of Pohang Dong, where he served until July 1954. By September 1954, Petrucci had returned to civilian life in Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07475
Subjects: Ohio History--Military Ohio; Military life; United States Marine Corps; Korean War (1950-1953)
Places: El Toro (California)
 

Description: Pvt. Michael Petrucci (right) and an unidentified Marine on board a ship to Kobe, Japan, en route to Korea in September of 1953. Petrucci was born August 9, 1930, in Youngstown, Ohio, where he grew up and attended school. Petrucci enlisted in the Marine Corps in July of 1952, and began basic training at Cherry Point Marine Base in North Carolina in August 1953. He received orders for overseas duty in May 1953, but when the United States and North Korea ended hostilities in July 1953, his transfer to Korea was halted. Petrucci was eventually sent to Korea in September 1953 and stationed at the First Marine Aircraft Wing base in the town of Pohang Dong, where he served until July 1954. By September 1954, Petrucci had returned to civilian life in Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07476
Subjects: Ohio History--Military Ohio; Military life; United States Marine Corps; Korean War (1950-1953)
 

Description: Scene aboard the ship carrying Pvt. Michael Petrucci and over 2,000 other military personnel to Kobe, Japan, then on to Korea, September 1953. Petrucci was born August 9, 1930, in Youngstown, Ohio, where he grew up and attended school. Petrucci enlisted in the Marine Corps in July of 1952, and began basic training at Cherry Point Marine Base in North Carolina in August 1953. He received orders for overseas duty in May 1953, but when the United States and North Korea ended hostilities in July 1953, his transfer to Korea was halted. Petrucci was eventually sent to Korea in September 1953 and stationed at the First Marine Aircraft Wing base in the town of Pohang Dong, where he served until July 1954. By September 1954, Petrucci had returned to civilian life in Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07477
Subjects: Ohio History--Military Ohio; Military life; United States Marine Corps; Korean War (1950-1953)
Places: Pacific Ocean
 

Description: PFC Michael Petrucci on board a ship bound for Kobe, Japan, then on to Korea, September 1953. Petrucci was born August 9, 1930, in Youngstown, Ohio, where he grew up and attended school. Petrucci enlisted in the Marine Corps in July of 1952, and began basic training at Cherry Point Marine Base in North Carolina in August 1953. He received orders for overseas duty in May 1953, but when the United States and North Korea ended hostilities in July 1953, his transfer to Korea was halted. Petrucci was eventually sent to Korea in September 1953 and stationed at the First Marine Aircraft Wing base in the town of Pohang Dong, where he served until July 1954. By September 1954, Petrucci had returned to civilian life in Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07478
Subjects: Ohio History--Military Ohio; Military life; United States Marine Corps; Korean War (1950-1953)
 

Description: View looking east across rice paddies toward the Sea Of Japan near Pohang Dong, Korea, Fall 1953. Pohang Dong was the site of the First Marine Aircraft Wing base, where PFC Michael Petrucci was stationed from 1953-1954. Petrucci was born August 9, 1930, in Youngstown, Ohio, where he grew up and attended school. Petrucci enlisted in the Marine Corps in July of 1952, and began basic training at Cherry Point Marine Base in North Carolina in August 1953. He received orders for overseas duty in May 1953, but when the United States and North Korea ended hostilities in July 1953, his transfer to Korea was halted. Petrucci was eventually sent to Korea in September 1953 and stationed at the First Marine Aircraft Wing base in the town of Pohang Dong, where he served until July 1954. By September 1954, Petrucci had returned to civilian life in Youngstown, Ohio. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL07479
Subjects: Ohio History--Military Ohio; Military life; United States Marine Corps; Korean War (1950-1953)
Places: Pohang Dong (Korea)
 

Description: Portrait of Civil War General Quincy Gillmore, from "Howe's Historical Collections of Ohio" by Henry Howe, 1907. In addition to his military career, Gillmore (1825-1888) was a civil engineer and an author. He was born in Black River, Ohio, and as a young man graduated first in his class at West Point. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL04240
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Military officers
Places: Black River (Ohio); Lorain County (Ohio)