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March 1942. "Baltimore, Maryland. Sergeant Franklin Williams, home on leave from Army duty, with his best girl Ellen Hardin, splitting a soda. They met at Frederick Douglass High School." Photo by Arthur Rothstein for the Office of War Information. View full size.
I see that he is a Combat Engineer in the First Army. He will more than likely go to Europe with the First Army.
[He left Fort Bragg for officer candidate school at Fort Belvoir, where he became 2nd Lieut. Franklin Williams. He was then assigned to Fort Leonard Wood in Missouri. - Dave]
Two happy people. I hope they lived long, happy and healthy lives!.
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