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Title: Vernon Lindgren
Dates: ca. 1941-1945
Collection Number: 2013-P-030
Quantity: 392 items
Abstract: Consists of 215 photographs and post  cards that document Vernon Lindgren’s World War II service in Italy and North  Africa. 
                  
  Provenance: The collection was donated to the State Historical Society of North Dakota by Mark Lindgren on June 11, 2013. The  collection was digitized by Ella Heaton in June 2013.
Property Rights: The State Historical Society of North Dakota owns the property rights to this collection.
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  Access: This  collection is open under the rules and regulations of the State Historical  Society of North Dakota.
                  
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
    Vernon  Lindgren
    Funeral  services were held for Vernon Lindgren, 72, on Monday, January 25, 1982 at 1:30  p.m. at the Kulm Baptist Church with Rev. David J.E. Olson officiating. Mr.  Lindgren died suddenly Friday morning, January 22, 1982, at his home.
Vernon Lindgren was born on August 17, 1909, the son of Peter and Betsy (Erickson) Lindgren at Kulm. He attended school and farmed in Pomona View Township. During World War II he served his country as a member of the 5th Army in the European Theater. He returned to Kulm and married Esther Lundgren on June 23, 1950. They continued to make their home at Kulm. Mr. Lindgren was a member of the American Legion,Farmer's Union, and the credit Union.
Vernon was  preceded in death by his parents, one sister, Vivian, and one brother, Gunnar.
    Vernon is  survived by his wife, Esther; one son, Mark, Eugene, Oregon; and three  brothers, Bert, Camas, WA, Manfred, Pine River, Mn., and Edwin, Kulm, ND. Burial  will be in Swede Township Cemetery. Pallbearers were Bruce Lindgren, Emery  Lindgren, Harvey
    Lindgren,  John Lundgren, Warren Gackle, and Fred Gackle. 
Arrangements were by Nickisch Funeral Home, Kulm.
Source: Kulm Messenger 1982
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH
    Vernon and  Esther (Lundgren) Lindgren
Vernon, son of Betsy and Peter Lindgren, of Kulm served for three years in World War II. Most of the time was spent in North Africa and Italy. Vernon went into farming when he was discharged from the Army. Vernon's mother, Betsy, sister, Vivian, and brother, Gunnar, lived with him on the farm.
In 1950 Vernon married Esther Lundgren, daughter of Jenny and Signar Lundgren. Esther's brothers and sisters are: Mildred Anderson, Edwin, Evelyn, Caroline Lindgren, Rose Lindgren, all of Kulm; Robert (deceased); Clarence(deceased); and Erma Lindgren (deceased).
Esther and Vernon moved a houseto their farm so Vernon's family lived there until their deaths, Betsy in 1958, Vivian in 1971, and Gunnar in 1978. In 1952 Mark Signar was born to the Lindgrens. Mark graduated from Kulm High School and Bethel College. He married Carolyn Shodin,daughter of Rev. Ray and Marion Shodin of Eugene, OR. Mark and Carolyn spent five years on the farm and then due to the poor farm economy, decided to go west. They are living in Eugene, OR where they are both are employed.
Vernon passed away very suddenly in 1982. Esther and Vernon had spent a couple of winters in town and purchased the lots where Esther later built her new home in1983. Esther retired from 40 years of teaching in the Kulm School District in 1989. Although retired she is very busy with activities of the Kulm Baptist Church, coordinator for Stonecraft Bible Studies, substituting in various schools, and many other community activities and she also enjoys having people share her home.
Source: Kulm Centennial Book, 1992
INVENTORY
2013-P-030-1      Unidentified buildings
    2013-P-030-2      Military truck caravan
    2013-P-030-3      Military camp and pitched tents
    2013-P-030-4      Soldier, man leading a camel, and two  other people riding pack animals, French Morocco
    2013-P-030-5      Men driving an oxcart, Italy
    2013-P-030-6      Cisterno (Cisternino?), Italy, near  railroad tracks
    2013-P-030-7      Unidentified sculpture or fountain, Italy
    2013-P-030-8      Unidentified soldier
    2013-P-030-9      Unidentified soldier in front of tomb or  monument, Italy
    2013-P-030-10   Unidentified soldier in front of tomb or  monument, Italy
    2013-P-030-11   (Two pictures) two soldiers in front of  unidentified building; three men in front of unidentified building
    2013-P-030-12   Man dipping sewage out of sewer into barrels  on an oxcart, to use as fertilizer, Italy
    2013-P-030-13   (Two pictures) three soldiers in front of  tomb or monument, Italy; two soldiers driving a horse cart
    2013-P-030-14   Trains with boxcars on their sides and engine  in background
    2013-P-030-15   Train and unattached wheels and car on its  side
    2013-P-030-16   Railcar and people who rode it across North  Africa
    2013-P-030-17   Fields outside Pisa, Italy, Tower of Pisa and  the Duomo [cathedral] visible in distance
    2013-P-030-18   Broken brick bridge, Italy
    2013-P-030-19   Two women and man with scythes after mowing  grain
    2013-P-030-20   Two women and man mowing grain with scythes
    2013-P-030-21   Soldier in front of building with bars over  the windows
    2013-P-030-22   Village buildings in ruins
    2013-P-030-23   Three unidentified men
    2013-P-030-24   Man standing beside gate to compound
    2013-P-030-25   (Two pictures) Piazza del Popolo, Rome,  Italy; Man in front of St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome, Italy
    2013-P-030-26   (Two pictures) Unidentified hill in Rome,  Italy; Buildings on the Piazza del Popolo, Rome, Italy
    2013-P-030-27   (Two pictures) Soldier on steps of  unidentified building, Rome, Italy; View of Rome, Italy, with Piazza del Popolo  to right
    2013-P-030-28   (Two pictures) Soldier in front of U.S. Army  Rest Center, Rome, Italy; Unidentified field, Rome, Italy
    2013-P-030-29   (Two pictures) Flag raising ceremony in  front of U.S. Army Rest Center and military marching band, Rome, Italy
    2013-P-030-30   (Two pictures) Flag raising ceremony in front  of U.S. Army Rest Center and military marching band, Rome, Italy; vehicle  blockades on ground of U.S. Army Rest Center, Rome, Italy
    2013-P-030-31   (Two pictures) Soldier using public, open-air  urinal; train wreck with destroyed cars
    2013-P-030-32   (Two pictures) People crowded around a U.S.  Army truck
    2013-P-030-33   (Two pictures) Military vehicles in front of  fortified compound; Tower and roof of Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore (Church  of Santa Maria Maggiore), Rome, Italy
    2013-P-030-34   (Two pictures) People crowded around a U.S.  Army truck
    2013-P-030-35   (Two pictures) Buildings and rubble in ruins  after bombings, Italy
    2013-P-030-36   (Two pictures) Unidentified soldiers at  barracks, Italy; Soldiers drinking at barracks, Italy
    2013-P-030-37   (Two pictures) View of Rome, Italy, including  the Basilica di Santa Maria Maggiore (Church of Santa Maria Maggiore) and  Stazione Termini; Two soldiers in front of tomb or monument, Italy
    2013-P-030-38   Soldiers in front of military airplane
    2013-P-030-39   Loading U.S. Army airplane
    2013-P-030-40   Military vehicles being shipped by train
    2013-P-030-41   Bluff above water and dock
    2013-P-030-42   Soldiers in front of rundown building
    2013-P-030-43   Women carrying baskets and buckets in fields
    2013-P-030-44   Woman carrying bundle on her head
    2013-P-030-45   Woman carrying bundle on her head near a  military camp
    2013-P-030-46   Soldiers stripping an abandoned building for  materials to build a foxhole
    2013-P-030-47   Damaged buildings after attacks
    2013-P-030-48   Soldiers sitting in shade of a rundown  building
    2013-P-030-49   Soldier carrying gun next to building rubble
    2013-P-030-50   Wrecked village buildings after attack, Italy
    2013-P-030-51   Building wreckage after attack or bombing,  Italy
    2013-P-030-52   Damaged building after attack or bombing,  Italy
    2013-P-030-53   Soldier loading bomb onto train
    2013-P-030-54   Wrecked village buildings after attack, Italy
    2013-P-030-55   Women in doorway of building with Arabic  inscription, North Africa
    2013-P-030-56   Two unidentified men and woman
    2013-P-030-57   Two unidentified men and woman
    2013-P-030-58   Unidentified man sitting on metal rails
    2013-P-030-59   Two men standing behind bars
    2013-P-030-60   Two unidentified soldiers, on is an Army  sergeant 
    2013-P-030-61   Three soldiers playing, military tent and  building rubble in background
    2013-P-030-62   Soldier in sandbag trench
    2013-P-030-63   Market selling women, chickens, pigs, and  sheep, French Morocco
    2013-P-030-64   Soldier sitting on railing in front of a  hospital
    2013-P-030-65   Unidentified mountains
    2013-P-030-66   View of unidentified town
    2013-P-030-67   U.S. Military planes and vehicles
    2013-P-030-68   Two unidentified men and two yoked oxen
    2013-P-030-69   Three unidentified men and vehicle
    2013-P-030-70   Three unidentified men
    2013-P-030-71   Unidentified U.S. Army Technician 5th Grade 
    2013-P-030-72   Three unidentified men in front of a (water?)  tank
    2013-P-030-73   Houses on the River Arno [Case Sull’arno]  (postcard), Florence, Italy, ca. 1942
    2013-P-030-74   Park and panorama of Florence (postcard),  Italy, ca. 1942
    2013-P-030-75   Palazzo Pitti (postcard), Florence, Italy,  ca. 1942
    2013-P-030-76   Sculpture Rape of the SabineWoman [Ratto  delle Sabine] (postcard), Piazza della Signoria, Florence, Italy, ca. 1942
    2013-P-030-77   Panorama of Florence (postcard), Italy, ca.  1942
    2013-P-030-78   Bargello Palace [Il Bargello] (postcard),  Florence, Italy, ca. 1942
    2013-P-030-79   Courtyard of the [cortile di] Palazzo Vecchio  (postcard), Florence, Italy, ca. 1942
    2013-P-030-80   The River Arno, riverside walkways, and the  Ponte Vecchio (Old Bridge) [Lung’arno e Ponte Vecchio] (postcard), Florence,  Italy, ca. 1942
    2013-P-030-81   Michelangelo Square [Piazzale Michelangelo] and  its copy of the David (postcard), Florence, Italy, ca. 1942
    2013-P-030-82   Enchanted nook [angoli d’incanto] with a view  of Florence, Italy, ca. 1942 (postcard)
    2013-P-030-83   Silhouette of the copy of the David (postcard),  Michelangelo Square [Piazzale Michelangelo], Florence, Italy, ca. 1942
    2013-P-030-84   Loggia dei Lanzi (postcard), Piazza della Signoria,  Florence, Italy, ca. 1942
    2013-P-030-85   Flower market and the sculpture Rape of the  Sabine Woman (postcard), in front of the Loggia dei Lanzi, Florence, Italy, ca.  1942
    2013-P-030-86   Bell tower of the Cathedral (Basilica of  Saint Mary of the Flower/Basilica di Santa Maria del Fiore) [Campanile del  Duomo] (postcard), Florence, Italy, ca. 1942
    2013-P-030-87   Panorama of Florence, Italy, ca. 1942
    2013-P-030-88   Palazzo Vecchio seen from the Uffizi Gallery  [visto dagli Uffizi](postcard), Florence, Italy, ca. 1942
    2013-P-030-89   Palazzo Vecchio (postcard), Piazza della  Signoria, Florence, Italy, ca. 1942
    2013-P-030-90   Statue dedicated to Dante Alighieri and the  Basilica of Santa Croce (postcard), Piazza Santa Croce, Florence, Italy, ca.  1942
    2013-P-030-91   Basilica of Saint Mary of the Flower [Basilica  di Santa Maria del Fiore] (postcard), Florence, Italy, ca. 1942
    2013-P-030-92   Archbishopric and Church of Saint Anthony  [Arcivescovado e Chiesa Sant’Antonio] (postcard), Udine, Italy
    2013-P-030-93   Train station [Stazione Ferroviaria]  (postcard), Udine, Italy
    2013-P-030-94   Odeon Theater [Teatro Odeon] (postcard),  Udine, Italy
    2013-P-030-95   Piazza San Giacomo, Udine, Italy
    2013-P-030-96   Panorama of Udine, Italy
    2013-P-030-97St.  Mark’s clock tower and the Horses of Saint Mark [Torre dell’Orologio I Cavalli  in Bronzo] (postcard), Venice, Italy, ca. 1944 (A. Scrocchi photograph, Milan,  Italy)
    2013-P-030-98  Gondolas on the Grand Canal with the Church of Santa Maria della Salute in the  background (postacard), Venice, Italy, ca. 1944 (A. Scrocchi photograph, Milan,  Italy)
    2013-P-030-99  Church of Santa Maria della Salute(postcard), Venice, Italy, ca. 1944 (A.  Scrocchi photograph, Milan, Italy)
    2013-P-030-100  Cà d’Oro/Palazza Santa Sophia [Palazzo  Contarini – Cà d’Oro] on the Grand Canal (postcard), Venice, Italy, ca. 1944  (A. Scrocchi photograph, Milan, Italy)
    2013-P-030-101  Bridge of Sighs [Ponte dei Sospiri]  (postcard), on the Grand Canal, Venice, Italy, ca. 1944 (A. Scrocchi  photograph, Milan, Italy)
  2013-P-030-102  Facade of Saint Mark’s Basilica [Chiesa di  San Marco - facciata] (postcard), Venice, Italy, ca. 1944 (A. Scrocchi  photograph, Milan, Italy)
2013-P-030-103  New bridge at the station [Ponte Nuovo della  Stazione] over the Grand Canal, (postcard), Venice, Italy, ca. 1944 (A.  Scrocchi photograph, Milan, Italy)
2013-P-030-104  Saint Peter’s Basilica and the Piazza del  Popolo (postcard), Rome, Italy
2013-P-030-105  Pond in the gardens of the Villa Borghese  Pinciana (postcard), Rome, Italy
2013-P-030-106  Lindwurm (dragon) Well and Monument  [Lindwurmdenkmal] (postcard), Klagenfurt, Austria, ca. 1944 (Franz Schilcher  photograph, Klagenfurt, Austria)
2013-P-030-107  GIL (Gioventù Italiana del Littorio) Building  (postcard), Rosignano Solvay, Italy, ca. 1925 or 1950 (Costani e Gianfaldoni  photograph, Rosignano Solvay, Italy)
2013-P-030-108  Cathedral and Baptistry [Cattedrale e  Battistero] (postcard), Pisa, Italy
2013-P-030-109  Postcard composite of famous buildings of  Pisa, Italy, has phrase “Saluti da Pisa” [Greetings from Pisa]
2013-P-030-110  GIL (Gioventù Italiana del Littorio) Field  (postcard), Rosignano Solvay, Italy, ca. 1925 or 1950 (Costani e Gianfaldoni  photograph, Rosignano Solvay, Italy)
2013-P-030-111  Entrance to the GIL (Gioventù Italiana del  Littorio) Field (postcard), Party of the National Fascist Party, Rosignano  Solvay, Italy, ca. 1925 or 1950 (Costani e Gianfaldoni photograph, Rosignano  Solvay, Italy)
2013-P-030-112  The Doge’s Palace [Palazzo Ducale]  (postcard), Venice, Italy, ca. 1943
2013-P-030-113  Saint Mark’s Basilica [Basilica di San Marco]  (postcard), Venice, Italy, ca. 1943
2013-P-030-114  Clock tower of Saint Mark’s Basilica and  canal pier filled with gondolas (postcard), Venice, Italy, ca. 1943
2013-P-030-115  Gondola races on the Grand Canal (postcard),  Venice, Italy, ca. 1943
2013-P-030-116  Gondola on the Grand Canal in front of the  Doge’s Palace (postcard), Venice, Italy, ca. 1943
2013-P-030-117  GMC Bakery or garage, and soldiers walking in  foreground
2013-P-030-118  Three U.S. soldiers, just before the Allied  invasion of Sicily, codename Operation Husky, July or August, 1943
2013-P-030-119  German pillbox bunker and Allied soldiers and  military vehicles, shores of Sicily, Italy, July or August, 1943
2013-P-030-120  Allied troops on shore of Sicily, Italy,  German pillbox bunker under stairs, July or August, 1943
2013-P-030-121  Man dipping sewage out of sewer into barrels  on an oxcart, for use as fertilizer, Italy (see also 2013-P-030-12)
2013-P-030-122  Man and two yoked oxen, Italy
2013-P-030-123  Italian man dipping sewage out of hospital  sewer into barrel on a horsecart, for use as fertilizer, Italy
2013-P-030-124  Two soldiers and wrecked railroad car and  undetonated bomb
2013-P-030-125  Captured German artillery
2013-P-030-126  Two women and a girl hoeing a field, Italy
2013-P-030-127  Wrecked and derailed train, North Africa
2013-P-030-128  Camel and man riding a donkey, French Morocco
2013-P-030-129  Soldier and large cactus, French Morocco
2013-P-030-130  Tom Burns, American soldier, standing on rubble of a ruined building
2013-P-030-131  Africans and a pack mule, French Morocco
2013-P-030-132   Camel and man riding a donkey, French  Morocco
2013-P-030-133  African men driving a team of horses pulling a cart, French Morocco
2013-P-030-134  Seaplane wreck in water by dock (see 2013-P-030-135)
2013-P-030-135  Seaplane wreck in water by dock (see 2013-P-030-134)
2013-P-030-136  Three Italian girls, Italy
2013-P-030-137  Italian child squatting in doorway, Italy
2013-P-030-138  Two American soldiers in dress uniform, Tom  Burns on the right
2013-P-030-139  Military camp and vehicles
2013-P-030-140  Filling up water wagons at well, Africa (see 2013-P-030-151)
2013-P-030-141  Unidentified man sitting on metal rails (see 2013-P-030-58)
2013-P-030-142  Entrance to restaurant, Italy
2013-P-030-143  Man standing in snow, Italy, September 25,  1942
2013-P-030-144  Italians threshing grain, Italy
2013-P-030-145  Italians cutting grain, Italy
2013-P-030-146  Italian women picking up grain by hand, Italy
2013-P-030-147  Water salesman carrying water in a skin,  North Africa
2013-P-030-148  Freight camels and mules, North Africa
2013-P-030-149  Man riding an overloaded donkey or mule,  French Morocco
2013-P-030-150  Italian women carrying washing on their  heads, Italy
2013-P-030-151  Filling up water wagons at well, Africa (see 2013-P-030-140)
2013-P-030-152  Blind Arabian or African beggar woman
2013-P-030-153  Children with bicycles, Piazza di Popolo, St.  Peter’s Basilica in background, Rome, Italy
2013-P-030-154  Unidentified building
2013-P-030-155  American soldier at the Sicily-Rome American  Cemetery and Memorial, Anzio, Italy
2013-P-030-156  Sicily-Rome American Cemetery and Memorial,  Anzio, Italy
2013-P-030-157  Soldiers breaking up camp
2013-P-030-158  American soldier pointing from trench, Anzio,  Italy, June, 1944
2013-P-030-159  Woman carrying washing on her head, Italy
2013-P-030-160  Soldier outside of bakery
2013-P-030-161  German prisoners of war burying their dead,  Anzio, Italy
2013-P-030-162  American military airplane
2013-P-030-163  American soldiers holding a funeral service  for a fallen comrade, in front of a German pillbox bunker, Sicily
2013-P-030-164  German prisoners of war in POW camp, Italy
2013-P-030-165  Line for G.I. restaurant, Florence, Italy
2013-P-030-166  Military tank being hauled on a tank  evacuator
2013-P-030-167  Soldier seen through an opening in a well or  wall
2013-P-030-168  Aftermath of Operation Flax (Palm Sunday  Massacre), wreckage of German military airplanes, near Bizerte, Tunisia, ca.  1943
2013-P-030-169  Derailed trail wreck, North Africa
2013-P-030-170  Locals of French Morocco
2013-P-030-171  Fish market and wharf (postcard), Trieste,  Italy
 2013-P-030-172   Impero Square (postcard), Trieste, Italy
2013-P-030-173  Piazza Umberto I (postcard), Trieste, Italy
2013-P-030-174  same as 2013-P-030-172
2013-P-030-175  Trieste Cathedral (Cathedrale of San Giusto)  (postcard), Trieste, Italy
2013-P-030-176  Seashore on November 3 (Feast Day of San  Giusto) (postcard), Trieste, Italy
2013-P-030-177  Seashore and seaplane airport on November 3  (Feast Day of San Giusto) (postcard), Trieste, Italy
2013-P-030-178  Piazza Unità d'Italia with City Hall in  background (postcard), Trieste, Italy
2013-P-030-179  Chief Commissioner’s Palace [Palazzo del  Governo] (postcard), Trieste, Italy
2013-P-030-180  Miramare Castle (postcard), near Trieste,  Italy
2013-P-030-181  Post and Telegraph Office (postcard), near  Trieste, Italy
2013-P-030-182  Panorama of Trieste, Italy (postcard),  Victory Lighthouse on the left
2013-P-030-183  Naval Station (postcard), Trieste, Italy
2013-P-030-184  Stock Exchange (postcard), Trieste, Italy
2013-P-030-185   Stock Exchange (postcard), Trieste,  Italy
2013-P-030-186  Same as 2013-P-030-176  
2013-P-030-187  Castle of San Giusto (postcard), Trieste,  Italy
2013-P-030-188  Victory Lighthouse, Trieste, Italy
2013-P-030-189  Sonnino Avenue [Viale] (postcard), Trieste,  Italy
2013-P-030-190  Panorama of the seaside neighborhood of  Barcola (postcard), Trieste, Italy
2013-P-030-191   The  Doge’s Palace [Palazzo Ducale] (postcard), Venice, Italy, ca. 1944 (A. Scrocchi  photograph, Milan, Italy)
2013-P-030-192  Plaza in front of Saint Mark’s Basilica and  Bell Tower (postcard), Venice, Italy, ca. 1944 (A. Scrocchi photograph, Milan,  Italy)
2013-P-030-193  Water and gondola behind Saint Mark’s  Basilica at night (postcard), Venice, Italy, ca. 1944 (A. Scrocchi photograph,  Milan, Italy)
2013-P-030-194  The Rialto Bridge over the Grand Canal  (postcard), Venice, Italy, ca. 1944 (A. Scrocchi photograph, Milan, Italy)
2013-P-030-195  Plaza of San Marco and basilica façade  (postcard), Venice, Italy, ca. 1944 (A. Scrocchi photograph, Milan, Italy)
2013-P-030-196  Sarcophagus of Romeo and Juliet (postcard),  Verona, Italy
2013-P-030-197  Outdoor market (postcard), Piazza delle Erbe,  Verona, Italy
2013-P-030-198  Interior view of the Verona Arena (postcard),  Italy
2013-P-030-199  Interior view of the Verona Arena and  Amphitheater (postcard), Italy
2013-P-030-200  The Ships Bridge [Ponte delle Navi] over the  River Adige (postcard), Verona, Italy
2013-P-030-201  Plaza around the Monument to Vittorio  Emanuele II (postcard), Verona, Italy
2013-P-030-202  Ponte di Mezzo over the River Arno  (postcard), Pisa, Italy, ca. 1940
2013-P-030-203  The Baptistry of Saint John (postcard), Pisa,  Italy, ca. 1940
2013-P-030-204   The  Leaning Tower of Pisa and Cherub Statue (postcard), Italy, ca. 1940
2013-P-030-205  Old Ponte Solferino over the River Arno  (postcard), Pisa, Italy, ca. 1940
2013-P-030-206  Cittadella (postcard), Pisa, Italy, ca. 1940
2013-P-030-207  View of the Duomo from the Leaning Tower of  Pisa, Italy (postcard), ca. 1940
2013-P-030-208  Gondolas on the River Arno (postcard), with  the old Ponte Solferino in the background, Pisa, Italy, ca. 1940
2013-P-030-209  The Leaning Tower of Pisa (postcard), Italy (Cesare Capello photograph, Milan,  Italy)
2013-P-030-210  The Duomo [Cathedrale] (postcard), Pisa,  Italy (Casare Capello photograph, Milan, Italy)
2013-P-030-211  The Church of Santa Maria della Spina  (postcard), Pisa, Italy (Casare Capello photograph, Milan, Italy)
2013-P-030-212  Major monuments of Pisa (postcard),  including: the Baptistry, the Duomo, and the Leaning Tower, Italy (Casare  Capello photograph, Milan, Italy)
2013-P-030-213  View of the Rive Arno and the Cittadella  (postcard), Pisa, Italy
2013-P-030-214  Riverbanks of the Arno and the Church of  Santa Maria della Spina in the back ground (postcard), Pisa, Italy
2013-P-030-215  Vernon Lindgren in uniform
  2013-P-030-216  Landscape with burned tank in the distance
2013-P-030-217  Vernon Lindgren (right) with unidentified soldier
2013-P-030-218  Pair of oxen pulling cart
2013-P-030-219  Pair of oxen pulling plow
2013-P-030-220  Pair of oxen hitched to plow
2013-P-030-221  Team of horses hitched to wagon
2013-P-030-222  Man riding donkey beside a camel
2013-P-030-223  Soldier standing in front of large patch of cacti, French Morocco
2013-P-030-224  Man riding donkey beside a camel      
2013-P-030-225  Sheep, French Morocco
2013-P-030-226  Vernon Lindgren (left) and two other soldiers in front of Stadio Michele 
Marrone,  Italy 
2013-P-030-227  Gated entrance
2013-P-030-228  Person riding donkey with baskets
2013-P-030-229  Pillar and statue
2013-P-030-230  Plowing with camel and horse, French Morocco 
2013-P-030-231  Soldier beside railroad tracks looking at scenery
2013-P-030-232  Soldiers riding in buggy (Vernon Lindgren in center)
2013-P-030-233  Three soldiers (Vernon Lindgren on right?) in cart
2013-P-030-234  Shirtless soldier standing on trench
2013-P-030-235  Shirtless soldier sitting on wooden crate
2013-P-030-236  Vernon Lindgren in foxhole
2013-P-030-237  Shirtless soldier sitting on wooden crate
2013-P-030-238  Composite of Vittorio Emanuele II Monument, Rome, Italy
2013-P-030-239  Composite of Vatican City, Rome, Italy
2013-P-030-240  Composite of U.S. Army Rest Center and Vittorio Emanuele II Monument, Rome,  Italy
2013-P-030-241  Woman in bed beside window
2013-P-030-242  Group of soldiers, Bakery Unit
2013-P-030-243  Vernon Lindgren standing beside loaves of bread and ovens, Bakery Unit
2013-P-030-244  Soldiers in convoy, Italy, Bakery Unit
2013-P-030-245  Soldier standing beside rack, Bakery Unit
2013-P-030-246  Bakery Unit at Anzio, Italy 
2013-P-030-247  Vernon Lindgren sitting on stoop, Italy              
2013-P-030-248  Unidentified man and soldier, Italy
2013-P-030-249  Unidentified man and Vernon Lindgren, Italy
2013-P-030-250  Cisterno, Italy
2013-P-030-251  Shack on hillside, Italy
2013-P-030-252  Cathedral of Santa Maria Del Fiore, Florence, Italy 
2013-P-030-253  Vernon Lindgren and unidentified soldier, Italy
2013-P-030-254  Building in Venice, Italy             
2013-P-030-255  Gondola in Venice, Italy
2013-P-030-256  Main channel on Main Street, Venice, Italy
2013-P-030-257  Vineyard, Italy
2013-P-030-258  Bombed building, Italy
2013-P-030-259  Ox pulling cart, Italy
2013-P-030-260  Stacking grain, Italy
2013-P-030-261  Man plowing with team of oxen, Italy                
2013-P-030-262  Four Italian women, one is carrying her shoes
2013-P-030-263  Soldier pretending to lean on the Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy
2013-P-030-264  Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy
2013-P-030-265  Leaning Tower of Pisa, Italy
2013-P-030-266  Soldiers with captured German pill box, Italy
2013-P-030-267  Soldier and Italian woman carrying a barrel on her head, Italy
2013-P-030-268  Italian women
2013-P-030-269  Soldier with wrecked train, Italy
2013-P-030-270  Bombed building, Italy
2013-P-030-271  Soldier with Italian woman carrying sack of walnuts on her head, Italy
2013-P-030-272  Water Mill, Italy
2013-P-030-273  Bombed building, Italy
2013-P-030-274  Unidentified man
2013-P-030-275  Man and woman with horse and cart removing sewage at U.S. hospital, Italy
2013-P-030-276  Soldiers with U.S. military plane
2013-P-030-277  Soldiers with U.S. military plane 
2013-P-030-278  American cemetery at Anzio, Italy
2013-P-030-279  Soldiers playing a game of craps
2013-P-030-280  Soldier
2013-P-030-281  Soldier, taken at Anzio, June 1, 1944
2013-P-030-282  Three soldiers, Vernon Lindgren on left
2013-P-030-283  Soldier with group of Italians in field
2013-P-030-284  Airplane wreckage, probably in Italy
2013-P-030-285  Composite snapshots of unidentified man with soldier and one unidentified soldier  
 2013-P-030-286  Composite snapshots of Vernon Lindgren (left) and Elmo Malm (right) and 
    unidentified  soldier at camp
    2013-P-030-287  U.S. Army camp and scenic view, Italy
    2013-P-030-288  Bus loaded with pigs, chickens, sheep and people, French Morocco    
    2013-P-030-289  Plowing with horse and camel, French Morocco
    2013-P-030-290  Soldier standing in front of large patch of cacti, French Morocco
    2013-P-030-291  Sheep, French Morocco
    2013-P-030-292  Sultan’s palace, Casablanca, French Morocco
    2013-P-030-293  Sultan’s palace, Casablanca, French Morocco
    2013-P-030-294  Cactus, French Morocco
    2013-P-030-295  Cactus, French Morocco
    2013-P-030-296  Soldier standing in front of large patch of cacti, French Morocco
    2013-P-030-297  Vegetables for sale, French Morocco
    2013-P-030-298  Group of soldiers in railroad cars that carried them across North Africa
    2013-P-030-299  Men eating roasted corn, French Morocco
    2013-P-030-300  Soldiers and Amy Gouffray, Casablanca, French Morocco
    2013-P-030-301  Bus loaded with people, French Morocco
    2013-P-030-302  Cannons protecting a harbor, French Morocco (one is from the war of 1812)
    2013-P-030-303  Freight car, North Africa
    2013-P-030-304  Soldier in poppy field, French Morocco
    2013-P-030-305  Casablanca, French Morocco, the building where the Sultan ate his breakfast and  said his prayers
    2013-P-030-306  Unidentified building, French Morocco
    2013-P-030-307  The Monument to Vittorio Emanuele, Rome (postcard)
    2013-P-030-308  Bridge and Castle St. Angelo, Rome (postcard)
    2013-P-030-309  Capitol, Rome (postcard)
    2013-P-030-310  Trajan’s Forum, Rome (postcard)
    2013-P-030-311  Basilica of St. John, Rome (postcard)
    2013-P-030-312  Trevi Fountain, Rome (postcard)
    2013-P-030-313  Pantheon, Rome (postcard)
    2013-P-030-314  Basilica of St. Paul, Rome (postcard)
    2013-P-030-315  Coliseum, Rome (postcard)
    2013-P-030-316  Basilica of St. Mary Maggiore, Rome (postcard)
    2013-P-030-317  Empire Street, Rome (postcard)
    2013-P-030-318  Roman Forum, Rome (postcard)
    2013-P-030-319  Palace of Quirinale, Rome (postcard)
    2013-P-030-320  Basilica of the Holy Cross in Jerusalem, Rome (postcard)
    2013-P-030-321  Palazzo delle Espodizioni, Rome (postcard)
    2013-P-030-322  Fountain of the Naiads, Rome (postcard)
    2013-P-030-323  Venice Palace, Rome (postcard)
    2013-P-030-324  Mussolini Forum, Rome (postcard)
    2013-P-030-325  Aerial view of Mosque, Taroudant, Morocco (postcard)
    2013-P-030-326  Aerial view of Taroudant, Morocco (postcard)
    2013-P-030-327  Rich interior, Taroudant, Morocco (postcard)
    2013-P-030-328  Marabout de Freja, Taroudant, Morocco (postcard)
    2013-P-030-329  Casbah du caid Freja, Taroudant, Morocco (postcard)
    2013-P-030-330  Les ramparts millenaires, Taroudant, Morocco (postcard)
    2013-P-030-331  A grand place, Taroudant, Morocco (postcard)
    2013-P-030-332  View in Taroudant, Morocco (postcard)
    2013-P-030-333  A pretty building, Taroudant, Morocco (postcard)
    2013-P-030-334  In olive gardens, Taroudant, Morocco (postcard)
    2013-P-030-335  Castel S. Angelo, Ancient view, Rome (postcard)
    2013-P-030-336  Old houses in the Alley of the Fox, Rome (postcard)
    2013-P-030-337  Piazza Venezia and Monument to Vittorio Emanuele, Rome (postcard) 
    2013-P-030-338  Inside of the Coliseum, Hunting Trade Fairs, Rome (postcard)
    2013-P-030-339  Aerial view of St. Peter’s Basilica, Rome (postcard)
    2013-P-030-340  Church of St. Mary Maggiore, Rome (postcard)
    2013-P-030-341  Stadium, Rome (postcard)
    2013-P-030-342  Temple of Castor and Pollux, Rome (postcard)
    2013-P-030-343  Temple of Jupiter, Rome (postcard)
    2013-P-030-344  Fountain of the Naiads, Rome (postcard)
    2013-P-030-345  Via Vittorio Veneto (postcard)
    2013-P-030-346  Palace, Palazzo e loggetta dei Borgia, Rome (postcard)
    2013-P-030-347  Arch of Costantino (postcard)
    2013-P-030-348  Front of St. John’s in Laterano, Rome (postcard)
    2013-P-030-349  Monument to Vittorio Emanuele, Rome (postcard)
    2013-P-030-350  Piazza G. Verdi, Rome (postcard)
    2013-P-030-351  Monument to the Bersagliere (postcard)
    2013-P-030-352  Trevi Fountain (postcard)
    2013-P-030-353  Aqueducts of Claudio Roman in countryside (postcard)
    2013-P-030-354  Farnese Palace (postcard)
    2013-P-030-355  Trinita dei Monti Church (postcard)
    2013-P-030-356  Impera Street (postcard)
    2013-P-030-357  Garibaldi Monument (postcard)
    2013-P-030-358  Royal Palace, Naples (postcard)
    2013-P-030-359  Armando Diaz Street, Naples (postcard)
    2013-P-030-360  Outside Umberto Gallery, Naples (postcard)
    2013-P-030-361  Marina at night, Naples (postcard)
    2013-P-030-362  Inside gallery, Naples (postcard)
    2013-P-030-363  Piazza della Borsa, Palace of the Guilds, Naples (postcard)
    2013-P-030-364  Dome of Saint Francis, Naples (postcard)
    2013-P-030-365  Palace of the Province, Naples (postcard)
    2013-P-030-366  Umberto Gallery, Naples (postcard)
    2013-P-030-367  New Palazzo delle Poste, Naples (postcard)
    2013-P-030-368  Mount Vesuvius, Naples (postcard)
    2013-P-030-369  Saint Lucia marina, Naples (postcard)
    2013-P-030-370  Bathing establishment, Mondello Lido, Palermo (postcard)
    2013-P-030-371  Street and bathing establishment, Mondello Lido, Palermo (postcard)
    2013-P-030-372  Huts and bungalows along the beach, Mondello Lido, Palermo (postcard)
    2013-P-030-373  Panoramic view from Mount Gallo, Mondello Lido, Palermo (postcard)
    2013-P-030-374  Royal Palace, Hall of the King Ruggero, Palermo (postcard)
    2013-P-030-375  Catacomb of Cappuccini, Palermo (postcard)
    2013-P-030-376  Catacomb of Cappuccini, Palermo (postcard)
    2013-P-030-377  Catacomb of Cappuccini, Palermo (postcard)
    2013-P-030-378  Catacomb of Cappuccini, Palermo (postcard)
    2013-P-030-379  Catacomb of Cappuccini, Palermo (postcard)
    2013-P-030-380  Street of the Medersa Ben-Youssel, Marrakech (postcard)
    2013-P-030-381  A holiday in El-Alou cemetery, Rabat (postcard)
    2013-P-030-382  Casbah de Berbat, Morrocco (postcard)
    2013-P-030-383  Moroccan women (postcard)
    2013-P-030-384  Palace of the Sultan, Rabat (postcard)
    2013-P-030-385  Cartoon of Mouse with tail caught in trap “It’s a sad TALE but I’ll keep my  TRAP 
    shut after  this!” (postcard)
    2013-P-030-386  Cartoon “Finito Mussolini” (postcard)
    2013-P-030-387  Inside Duomo, Mosaics of Adam and Eve (postcard)
    2013-P-030-388  Pope Pius XI (postcard)
    2013-P-030-389  Caserta Palace (postcard)
    2013-P-030-390  Staircase of Honor in Caserta Palace (postcard)
    2013-P-030-391  Duomo E Campanile, Firenze (postcard)
    2013-P-030-392  Chiostro dei Benedittini (postcard)
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