Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Levinson Image Collection |
Object ID |
IA.LEV.2024.08.062 |
Accession Number |
2021.006 |
Title |
Joseph Turner Scrapbook Page Sixty-Two |
Year Range from |
1940 |
Year Range to |
1945 |
Description |
This page of the Turner scrapbook features photos of a rocky beach and what looks the Monterey harbor and canneries. This scrapbook documents the wartime experience of Joseph Earl Turner, a jazz musician and golf instructor, who enlisted from Emporia, Kansas, in the US Army on 23 December 1940. Beginning as a private, Turner rose quickly in rank before separating from service on 7 December 1945 as a Technical Sergeant. He served in the 161st and the 195th Field Artillery bands and was stationed at bases in Kansas and California, including at San Louis Obispo and Fort Ord. |
Search Terms |
Scrapbook Album Fort Ord Joseph Earl Turner Musician World War II Era 161st Field Artillery 195th Field Artillery Monterey Harbor Pier Marina Beach Pacific Ocean Boats Cannery |