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"Sweet, Sweet Harmony"

Item

Title
"Sweet, Sweet Harmony"
Description
Photo of five servicemen, Sgt. Anderson Matlock, Pvt. Guy Hoskins, Sgt. Joe Ward, Pvt. Willis Pope, and Pvt. James Potts, members of the 1885th Special Detachment Unit singing at the local radio station - WFAA Dallas.
Date
1943-08-20
Source
“Sweet, Sweet Harmony.” Camp Howze Howitzer, August 20, 1943.
https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1407184/.
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, crediting Cooke
County Library.
Subject
WWII
World War II
U.S. soldier
American soldier
Black soldier
African American soldier
Negro soldier
Colored soldier
1885th Special Detachment
Quartermaster
Camp Howze
Dallas radio
spiritual singing
WFAA
Sergeant Anderson Matlock
Sgt. Anderson Matlock
Private Guy Hoskins
Pvt. Guy Hoskins
Sergeant Joe Ward
Sgt. Joe Ward
Private Willis Pope
Pvt. Willis Pope
Private James Potts
Pvt. James Potts
Signal Corps photographer
radio broadcast
harmony
sweet harmony
spiritual song
U.S. military
U.S. Army
greatest generation