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2nd Lieutenant James Perry in 1945 following the war, while stationed at Frankfurt, Germany. |
Lieutenants Humphrey, Perry and Rogalski in late 1945, taken at Horst, Germany, where an Opal plant operated. The three are standing in front of a mess tent. |
Lieutenants Clark, Perry and Thompson, members of the 386th Infantry Regiment, 97th Infantry Division, taken in April of 1945 in Bavaria, Germany. |
Lieutenant Perry on the left encounters three German children near Frankfurt, Germany. |
Marie Wagner at the time of her marriage to Lieutenant Perry in 1945. She worked for the American Consulate General in Frankfurt immediately after the war. |
A group photo of ‘A’ Company, 386th Infantry Regiment taken in Bavaria near the end of the war in Europe in 1945. Lieutenant Perry is kneeling at the center in the picture. |
Captain Perry walks past a formation of 2nd Infantry Division troops getting ready to ‘Pass in Review’ at Love Field, Fort Lewis, Washington. The caption reads “Jim Perry” & our Chevy.” |
Fox Company of the 2nd Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment in formation somewhere in Korea, circa October/November of 1950. The company commander is David H. Hill, with Lieutenants Chapman, Crosley, Micelli and Lamp standing behind him. |
The photo is of the Command element of the Assault Battalion for the 2nd battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, 2nd Infantry Division. This group were survivors of the Chinese invasion and the unit’s run through the ‘Gauntlet’, after which the unit was declared ‘non-combat effective.’ Note that many in the unit are wearing their newly awarded Combat Infantryman’s Badges.” |
Major Perry at the ‘Old Armory’ on Charter Street in Madison, Wisconsin, then working as an advisor to both U.S. Army Reserve and National Guard soldiers. |
Captain Perry’s official promotion photograph taken in 1953 while stationed in Madison, Wisconsin. Note the Presidential Unit award ribbon on his uniform, earned while in Korea. Perry worked as an army advisor to the United States Army Reserve at the time.” |
Major Perry while stationed in Madison, Wisconsin where he worked as an advisor to the 5th Army, USAR in 1955. |
Lieutenant Colonel Perry poses for an official Army photo in 1959 while he was assigned to the Army’s Air Defense School at Ft. Bliss, Texas. He worked as an infantry tactics instructor.” |
James Perry, Jr. and James Perry Senior, taken in the summer of 2004 in Port Byron, Illinois. The two were celebrating Jim senior’s 83rd birthday. Olive, the family’s English cocker, joins them. |
