Apr 28, 2023 | Artifact - WW II
During World War II, many women wore “sweetheart” jewelry incorporating the insignia of loved ones serving in the armed forces. This World War II-era pin features a pennant with “Camp Shelby” and the insignia of the US Army. Camp Shelby pennant pins...
Apr 28, 2023 | Artifact - Halls of Honor, Artifact - Korean War
This porcelain ashtray hand-painted with “Commander Seventh Fleet” belonged to Admiral Robert P. Briscoe (1897-1968), a native of Centerville, Mississippi. In 1952, then-Vice Admiral Briscoe served as the tenth commander of the US Navy’s Seventh Fleet in Korean...
Jan 17, 2023 | Artifact - WW II
A native of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, Jesse “Jess” R. Foley, Jr. (1916-1998) enlisted in the United States Army Air Forces in July 1941. During the Second World War, Foley served in the 405th Bombardment Squadron, 38th Bombardment Group, Fifth Air Force....
Jan 15, 2023 | Artifact - WW II
Miriam Hagan Collier (1916-1997), of Hattiesburg, Mississippi, was a civilian employee at Camp Shelby during the Second World War. She worked at Quartermaster Laundries on post as a seamstress and clerk from 1941 to 1946. Collier made this cape and decorated the...
Jan 14, 2023 | Artifact - Interwar Period, Artifact - WW I
In March 1929, 11 years after the First World War, Congress authorized fully-funded, government-organized pilgrimages for mothers and widows to visit American military cemeteries in Europe. Between 1930 and 1933, the United States government transported nearly 7,000...
