ListenSan Diego's DNA: Collection of Military Portraits
Downtown San Diego has historically been a place where sailors, soldiers and marines passed through on their way to some distant outpost. KPBS was incredibly fortunate to find a collection of portraits of young men and women taken in a downtown photography studio around 1950. A find like this can generate some wonderful oral history. Some of the people in the photographs are identified while others are not. You can participate by helping to identify the men and women pictured. Take a look!
Pictured: Phil Webber, hometown: Bucklin, Kansas.
Published on June 22, 2009
William Orcutt is a veteran of World War II and the Korean War. During World War II he was a sergeant in the Army Air Corps in Belgium. He returned to San Diego, married, and was recalled to service in 1952. As a second lieutenant in the Army Signal Corps he photographed enemy territory in Korea for military intelligence. A photograph of Orcutt was found in a collection of portraits lent to KPBS by San Diego photographer, Ken Petsch. A log book listed the address of the home his family has owned in San Diego since about 1950. In San Diego's DNA: Military Roots, Orcutt shares his extensive collection of photographs from the Korean War.
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Pictured: Carl Harden, hometown: Tampa, Florida.
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Pictured: J.H. McNeal, hometown: Boise, Idaho.
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Pictured: Jack Shaneyfelt, hometown: Saloma, Indiana.
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Pictured: Goldy Doris, hometown: West Branch, Michigan.
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Pictured: TJ Troxclair, hometown: New Sarpy, Louisiana.
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Pictured: Mr and Mrs C. Johnson, hometown: San Diego
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Pictured: John Deardorff, hometown: Poulsbo, Washington.
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Pictured: Charles Davis, hometown: Union Mills, North Carolina.
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