Photo Record
Images
Metadata
Collection |
Levinson Image Collection |
Object ID |
IA.LEV.2024.08.050-03 |
Accession Number |
2021.006 |
Title |
Joseph Turner Scrapbook Page Fifty Photo Three |
Year Range from |
1940 |
Year Range to |
1945 |
Description |
Featured on a page in the Turner scrapbook, this photo is of soldiers playing together while at Camp San Luis Obispo, California. People (left to right, standing): Joseph Turner, Eddie Wortman, John Hollingworth. People (left to right, seated): Vale Page, Leonard Hollingsworth, Harry W. Austin. 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 Luis Obispo and Fort Ord. |
People |
Turner, Joseph E. Wortman, Eddie Page, Vale Hollingsworth, Leonard Austin, Harry W. Hollingworth, John |
Search Terms |
Scrapbook Album Fort Ord Joseph Earl Turner Musician Jazz World War II Era 161st Field Artillery 195th Field Artillery Camp San Luis Obispo Band Instruments Music 35th Division Eddie Wortman John Hollingworth Vale Page Leonard Hollingsworth Harry W. Austin Trumpet Trombone |