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Index of Historical Photos & Documents
Category : Various Images : Photographs or Documents : The following photographs were taken by or of Sgt.Wayne Bowen of the USMC in Vietnam 1965. Some of the photos have notes on the back and some say that the photos were taken in DaNang,Vietnam, The majority of the photos however had no notes.Wayne Bowen was stationed at the supply depot at the Old french fort at the foot of Marble Mountain.
Item 16: Photo scanned by Ben Bowen Oct. 1999
Photograph : Notes on back : Vietnam 22 July 65 "Love You,Wayne"Item17: Photo scanned by Ben Bowen Oct. 1999
Photograph : Notes on back: "This baby is sitting on boxes of cokes"Item 18: Photo scanned by Ben Bowen Oct. 1999
Photograph : Notes on back:"Just me and my castle"Item19: Photo scanned by Ben Bowen Oct. 1999
Photograph : Notes on back :Da Nang 17, Sept. 1965 "Me inside the old french fort"
- Item20 : Photo scanned by Ben Bowen Oct. 1999
Photograph :
Closeup section of same photo as above showing Msgt.Wayne Bowen sitting on sand bags of foxhole inside the french fort
Item21: Photo scanned by Ben Bowen Nov. 1999
Photograph : Wayne Bowen in Vietnam 1965 : closeup of Wayne Bowen.Item22: Photo scanned by Ben Bowen Nov. 1999
Photograph : Same as above but a smaller photo .Skip 23
Item24: Photo scanned by Ben Bowen Nov. 1999
Photograph : Notes on back : "Our supply Tents, See all the pretty palms & bannana trees, and the hills in the background. A real good picture"Item25: Photo scanned by Ben Bowen Nov. 1999
Photograph : Notes on back :"Vietnam 22 July 65" "This is my Bedroom-not much Huh?"Item26: Photo scanned by Ben Bowen Nov. 1999
Photograph : Notes on back : 13 " Some of the children who's always around"Item27: Photo scanned by Ben Bowen Nov. 1999
Photograph : Notes on back : "Two little girls who call me "gummey" Got & Fawn"Item28: Photo scanned by Ben Bowen Nov. 1999
Photograph : Notes on back: "This Old man wanted his picture taken.Some of the other natives,the girl is a "coke" salesman."Item29: Photo scanned by Ben Bowen Nov. 1999
Photograph : Notes on back : "These were taken by me.Pretty good Huh? Just some of the natives of South V.N."Item30: Photo scanned by Ben Bowen Nov. 1999
Photograph : Wayne Bowen in Vietnam 1965 Marble Mountain in the Background.Item 30,31& 32:scanned by Ben Bowen Nov. 1999
large image of article : smaller image of article : transcription of article
Document with images :Scanned image & transcription of a newspaper article written by Bob Schieffer of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram The article appeared in the paper February 4th ,1966 and was headlined as " Texas pair Keeping watch Over 'Alamo' of Viet Nam" Schieffer spoke with & wrote about Gunnery Sgt. Wayne Bowen & Lance Cpl. George H. Stroudtman in the article.
Item33 : Image scanned by Ben Bowen.
Cattle brand marking of Green Bowen of Goliad Texas 1871. Original materials contributed by Marlene Bowen Fruth. images are variations of original scanned image of Green Bowen's hand drawn rendition as entered in the county register in 1871.
Item 34 : Image scanned by Ben Bowen.
Ear mark or notches of Green Bowen of Goliad Texas 1871. Original materials contributed by Marlene Bowen Fruth. images are variations of original scanned image of Green Bowen's hand drawn rendition as entered in the county register in 1871."Lindenau Bus": Photo scanned by Ben Bowen Nov. 1999
Photograph : "Lindenau Consolidated School Bus" Has "140" inked on the back. Lindenau was a small community located around Cuero Texas.An Interesting Photograph.Item 35 : Item 36 [Digitaly scanned images Dec. 1999 ]
Seymour's payroll card | Bessie's payroll card
Copies of Payroll cards Seymour Bowen's & Bessie Phillips Bowen's from the1920's .
From the Bowen Fruth Collection
Item 37 [Transcription : History of Bowen- Green families 1793-1928 ]
This history contributed by JoAnn Osborn of Michigan, USA was written by Addison Theodarus Green in approx. 1928. Mrs Osborn received this from from an unknown contributor, who himself had recieved it from an unknown and unnamed contributor.Item 38 [ Mack Bowen of Wichita County,Texas c 1865 ]
This story, garnered from the collection at the American Memories collection, library of Congress is from from the Wichita Daily Times, Sept. 18, 1938.And tells the story as recounted by Mrs. Quisenberry of the years around from 1861-1865 "at the close of the civil war". In the story Mrs. Quisenberry tells of the Death of Mack Bowen at the hands of the local native Indians.And refers to the genral conditions of the day.
Item 39 [ This story contains an account of "Ole Bill Bowen"]
Also from the American memories collection.
"In the spring of 1855, my father, W. M. Dickson was a home guard at Kerrville. Old Bill Bowen was a home guard in Atascosa County. The Indians came, to steal whatever they could get away with. They got two women, a boy, and many horses. Bill Bowen and his men set out after the Indians"....Item 40 [ Jefferson Davis' account of the circumstances of the battle of Vicksburg ]
This article written by Jefferson Davis, President of The Confederate States of America has contained in it references to..... " I refer to Major General John S. Bowen....Items 41 & 42 [ Photographs of Tombstones ] ( Images courtesy of Sheila Heater)
[ W.H. Bowen stone ] [ Mrs. R.F. Bowen stone ]
In 1999 Mrs. Sheila heater of Luling in Caldwell County Texas found two headstones under a house that was being demolished. the following is an abstract of her letter. [Also see]Mr. Bowen,
I'm sure you'll find this strange, but I think I have found a couple of your family's tombstones on my family's land near Luling, Texas. (CALDWELL COUNTY) The two tombstones were found at the old Moore family home about two years ago when it was being demolished (I think they were under the house.)........The engravings on the stones are as follows:
Father
W.H. Bowen
Born Sept. 27. 1872
Died Nov. 17. 1938Mother
Mrs. R.F. Bowen
Born Feb. 8 1869
Died Apr. 4. 1931
Item 43 :
A Bowen Brothers family grocery newspaper advertisement from ca. 1871 San Francisco.
Item 44
Three views of A Bowen Trailways busline matchbook.
Item 45
Nixon & Bowen campaign button : A "Coat-tails" button.
An image of a Governor Bowen of Indiana campaign button.
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