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: Four photographs depict the activities of Ohio National Guard troops at the Republic Steel Corporation's Warren Plant during the 1937 "Little Steel" Strike. The first image shows two guardsmen with a machine gun aimed at Main Street. The second and third photographs show troops with a machine gun on the office lawn. In the final image, a guardsman sits at the short wave radio station. These 4.5" by 6.5" (11.43 by 16.5 cm) photographs are part of a scrapbook maintained by the Republic Steel Corporation documenting events at its Warren Plant during the strike. The scrapbook is labeled Miscellaneous Communications, Posters and Pictures Relating to the C.I.O. Strike of the Warren Plant of the Republic Steel Corporation, Summer 1937, Vol. III. In June 1936 the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers and the Committee for Industrial Organization (C.I.O.) agreed to a joint effort to organize the steel industry. This led to the formation of the Steel Workers Organizing Com View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1619_2586942_038
Subjects: Military Ohio; Business and Labor; Strikes; Steel industry; Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.); Labor unions; Soldiers; Ohio. National Guard
Places: Niles (Ohio); Warren (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio)
 

Description: These photographs, taken between July 31 and August 2, 1939, were compiled in a scrapbook as a report to the Ohio adjutant general by two National Guard officers, Brigadier General L. S. Conelly and Captain L. J. Abele. The officers were sent to the Fisher Body Plant in Cleveland as observers for the Ohio National Guard during the 1939 strike at the plant. The back of each photograph is labeled with a number and a brief caption. Images 2 and 57 include Eliot Ness, who was Cleveland's director of public safety at the time of the strike. Before coming to Cleveland, Ness successfully battled mobster Al Capone in Chicago. His book, The Untouchables, was published in 1957. Other images in this collection include confrontations between police and strikers, non-striking workers inside the plant and police and fire officials at the scene. The photographs measure 6" x 8" (15.24 x 20.32 cm). Fisher Body Plant opened in 1921 to build car bodies for the Cleveland Automobile Company and the Chandler Motor Car Company. It became a division of General Motors (GM) in 1926. Several major strikes occurred in the automobile industry in the 1930s, as workers were asked to work for less and less due to the effects of the Great Depression. In 1937, workers at the Fisher Body Plant began a sit-down strike that spread to the GM factory in Michigan. The strike ended when GM agreed to recognize the United Auto Workers. During World War II the Fisher Body plant made parts for tanks, guns and airplanes. The plant closed in 1982. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1526_4400787_003
Subjects: Ohio Government; Military Ohio; Business and Labor; Strikes; Factories; Automobile industry workers; International Union, United Automobile Workers of America (CIO); Ohio. National Guard
Places: Cleveland (Ohio); Cuyahoga County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the 37th Signal Company, 37th Infantry Division playing basketball, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, April 18, 1944. The 37th Infantry Division was a National Guard division from Ohio, nicknamed the "Buckeye Division". View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03403
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Cultural Ohio--Ohio Sports; Ohio. National Guard
Places: Bougainville Island, Papua (New Guinea)
 

Description: Photograph of the 37th Infantry Division Color Guards marching at the Ohio Statehouse to turn over their flags at end of World War II, Columbus, Ohio, November 11th, 1946. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03427
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Ohio. National Guard
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Modern photograph made from a glass plate negative depicting the parade by the Grand Army of the Republic and Ohio National Guard at the opening of the Ohio Centennial Exposition. The Centennial celebration was in honor of the 100th anniversary of the first settlers arriving in Marietta, Ohio, in 1788. The Exposition formally opened on September 4, 1888. The Grand Army of the Republic was an organization for Civil War veterans who served in the Union Army. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03294
Subjects: United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865; Ohio--History, Military; Grand Army of the Republic; Ohio--Centennial exhibitions, etc.; Ohio. National Guard
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Photograph of the 136th Field Artillery Battalion embarkation at Guadalcanal. The unit was preparing to move to Kokorana Island on July 2, 1943. The 136th was part of the 37th Infantry Division and was stationed in the Pacific Theater during World War II. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03390
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Ohio. National Guard
Places: Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands)
 

Description: Photograph of the 148th Infantry Regiment embarkation at Guadalcanal, on July 4, 1943. Pictured left to right: John D'Amico, Stephen J. Protsik, Don Steman, and H. Corbin. The 148th was part of the 37th Infantry Division and was stationed in the Pacific Theater during World War II. The regiment was formed on September 14, 1917 with the re designation of the 3rd regiment, of the Ohio Volunteer Infantry, as part of the 74th Brigade, 37th Infantry Division. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03391
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Ohio. National Guard
Places: Guadalcanal (Solomon Islands)
 

Description: Photograph of a 147th Infantry Regiment parade review in United States, ca. 1940-1941. The 147th was part of the 37th Infantry Division and was stationed in the Pacific Theater during World War II. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03398
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Ohio. National Guard
 

Description: 129th Infantry Regiment, 37th Infantry Division during the Battle of Bougainville, Solomon Islands, 1944. The 37th Infantry Division was nicknamed the Buckeye Division since it was made up of Ohio men. Two of the heroes of the battle were Private Rodger Young of Clyde, Ohio, and Pfc. Frank J Etrarca of Cleveland, Ohio. On August 22, 1974, a concrete monument honoring the veterans of the 37th Division was unveiled in Centerburg, Ohio, which is the geographical center of the state. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03423
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Ohio. National Guard
Places: Bougainville Island, Papua (New Guinea)
 

Description: Photograph of the 37th Infantry Division Color Guards turning over their flags at end of World War II, at the Ohio State House in Columbus, Ohio, November 11th, 1946. Captain Glenn W. Brackney is pictured at the lower left corner of the photograph. View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: AL03426
Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; Ohio History--Military Ohio; Ohio. National Guard
Places: Columbus (Ohio); Franklin County (Ohio)
 

Description: Two photographs depict the "Labor Holiday" parade that took place in Warren during the 1937 "Little Steel" Strike. The marchers can be seen passing the main gate of Republic Steel's plant on June 23. National Guard troops are also visible in the photographs, which measure 4.5" by 6.5" (11.43 by 16.5 cm) and are part of a scrapbook maintained by the Republic Steel Corporation documenting events at its Warren Plant during the strike. The scrapbook is labeled Miscellaneous Communications, Posters and Pictures Relating to the C.I.O. Strike of the Warren Plant of the Republic Steel Corporation, Summer 1937, Vol. III. In June 1936 the Amalgamated Association of Iron, Steel, and Tin Workers and the Committee for Industrial Organization (C.I.O.) agreed to a joint effort to organize the steel industry. This led to the formation of the Steel Workers Organizing Committee (S.W.O.C.). Soon after the first representatives from the S.W.O.C. arrived in the Mahoning Valley to begin their organizin View on Ohio Memory.
Image ID: Om1619_2586904_059
Subjects: Business and Labor; Strikes; Steel industry; Congress of Industrial Organizations (U.S.); Labor unions; Parades & processions; Pickets; Ohio. National Guard
Places: Niles (Ohio); Warren (Ohio); Trumbull County (Ohio)