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Title: Military Formation
Description: Unidentified soldiers in formation in front of All Souls' Church, located on east side of Broadway between 9th and 10th.
Date: 1890
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Military Encampment
Description: Street level view of five unidentified soldiers in uniform posed in front of tents. Urban location not identified, presumably Kansas City, Missouri.
Date: 1900~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Military Event
Description: Exterior view at unidentified location, presumably in Kansas City. Several soldiers in uniform are in view with two military flags. The following letters are visible on the flags: regt., inf., M.G.M.
Date: 1900~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Military Event
Description: Exterior view at unidentified location, presumably in Kansas City. Several soldiers in uniform are lined up in a row with two military flags. The following letters are visible on the flags: regt., inf., M.G.M.
Date: 1900~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Joe Sanders in Military Uniform
Description: Full body view of Sgt. Joe Sanders in military uniform. Taken at Camp Benton, Texas.
Date: 1919
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Military Musicale at Mrs. B.T. Whipple's Residence
Description: Exterior view of uniformed soldiers with guns lined up marching in formation in a backyard of a residence. Location for photograph was apparently at the home of Mrs. B. T. Whipple, 4538 Warwick Boulevard, where a military musical sponsored by the Kansas City Chapter of the DAR was held on June 9, 1917. It was to benefit Battery D who later became Battery A. Onlookers are included in the view. The cadet corp from Westport High School performed at event.
Date: 1917-06-09
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Military Musicale at Mrs. B. T. Whipple's Residence
Description: Exterior view of uniformed soldiers with guns lined up in formation. Location for photograph was apparently at the home of Mrs. B. T. Whipple, 4538 Warwick Boulevard where a military musical sponsored by the Kansas City Chapter of the DAR was held on June 9. It was to benefit Battery D. The cadet corp of Westport High School did a military drill and may be the individuals shown in this image.
Date: 1917-06-09
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Edward Hislop
Description: Group portrait of "Officers of Military Department" in uniform; Hislop is standing 5th from left.
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Third Regiment
Description: Unidentified members of the Third Regiment with cannons at their encampment near Excelsior Springs. Includes African Americans in photograph.
Date: 1892
Object Type: Photograph

Title: World War I Soldier
Description: Postcard portrait of Frank J. Bliss in his World War I military uniform.
Date: 1918~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: World War I Portrait
Description: Portrait of an unidentified young man in his World War I military uniform.
Date: 1918~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: World War I
Description: World War I soldiers and nurses inside bunk car of unidentified train.
Date: 1918
Object Type: Photograph

Title: John Raymond Winslow
Description: Portrait of John Raymond Winslow, a Lieutenant in the Army Air Corp. He was born on September 28, 1921 in Chanute, Kansas to David and Sylvia Winslow. The family moved to Kansas City, Kansas, in 1930, graduating from high school in 1939. In 1942, after finishing junior college in this area, he enlisted and trained at Randolph Field in Texas. He left the United States in March of 1944 for duty in the Italian campaign, attached to 87th Fighter Squadron, 79thFighter Group, 12th Air Force. His last mission was June 8, 1944, falling into enemy territory somewhere in northern Italy. His body was returned to the United States in 1949 and he is buried in Fort Leavenworth National Cemetery. He left a wife Betty and two sons.
Date: 1944~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Frazier R. Stair
Description: A view of First Lieutenant Frazier R. Stair, 430th Fighter Squadron, 47th Fighter Group, Ninth Army Air Force, positioned in his airplane. He was born in Kansas City, Missouri, on November 9, 1920, and graduated from Westport High School and Kansas City Junior College. He was a member of the National Guard, State of Missouri, 110th Engineer Combat Battalion. After entering the Army Air Corp he went overseas in the spring of 1944 as a Second Lieutenant Fighter Pilot of a P-38. He lost his life on November 6, 1944, on a bombing mission over Germany. He was awarded many medals and is buried in Hamm Cemetery in Luxemborg.
Date: 1944~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Dawn Worth Darlington
Description: Portrait of Dawn Worth Darlington, member of the United States Marine Corp. He was born May 31, 1925, at Atlanta, Kansas, son of Hubert and Iris Darlington. On May 21, 1943, he enlisted in the Marine Corps and was called to active duty June 21, 1943. He was sent overseas the early part of May in 1944 to the Russell Islands in the Pacific Ocean, 60 miles from Guadacanal. He landed with the first troops at Palau Islands on September 15, 1944, and was with the 5th Marines of the First Marine Division acting as a machine gunner. He was hit with heavy machine gun and rifle fire and died September 26, 1944, on Pelaliu, Palau Islands. His body was returned to the United States in 1948 and he is buried in Atlanta, Kansas.
Date: 1944~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: William W. Jacoby
Description: Portrait of William W. Jacoby, World War II pilot. He was born on October 19, 1919, at Trail, British Columbia, Canada. He moved to Kansas City in 1922 and graduated from Paseo High School, working at the Sunflower Ordinance Plant before enlisting. He received his wings in May 1944 at Lubbock Field, Texas. He was a pilot on a P-47 Thunderbird and was reported missing March 18, 1945, with his death confirmed May 24, 1945. He is buried in a United States Military Cemetery near Liege, Belgium.
Date: 1944~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Gilbert L. Worley, Jr.
Description: Portrait of Lt. Gilbert L. Worley, Jr., a flyer in the United States Army. He was born in Topeka, Kansas, April 12, 1920. He graduated from Southwest High School in Kansas City, Missouri, and from Kansas University in 1941 where he started his flying courses. His training was completed at Ong Field and he was qualified as a navigator and ground school instructor. In 1942 he completed his training to become an Army flyer. He was killed in an airplane accident on a flight to Indianapolis, Indiana, on May 15, 1943.
Date: 1942~
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Parade Scene
Description: Military unit in unidentified parade heading south along Main Street near 14th Street
Date: 1900
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Parade Scene
Description: Military unit in unidentified parade heading south along Main Street near 14th Street
Date: 1900
Object Type: Photograph

Title: Floyd Edwin Wilhelm
Description: Portrait of Captain Floyd Edwin Wilhelm who was born October 7, 1922, in Jonesboro, Illinois, son of William and Alice Wilhelm. He served in the Pacific Theater during World War II for more than four years and carried out Berlin Airlift missions, attached to the 317th Troop Carrier Wing. He served nine months in the Korean War. He was the first pilot in charge of an R. B. 45 to fly a non-stop jet from San Francisco to Japan unescorted, making the trip in September 1951. He lost his life October 20, 1952, while giving jet training, leaving a wife Delilah and five children.
Date: 1950~
Object Type: Photograph

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