Small studio portrait of U.S. Army soldier John W. Beach of Newton, NC, taken at Fort Jackson, SC, in 1952 during the Korean War. Photograph taken while Beach was serving in Company I, 61st Infantry Regiment, which was a training unit at Fort Jackson. Photograph printed on a shareable card format by the Army, with Beach’s full name, home address, and military unit, written in pencil by Beach on a lined template on the back of the photograph [1952].
From John W. Beach Papers, KOR 28, Korean War Papers, Military Collection, State Archives of North Carolina, Raleigh, N.C.
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