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Joseph Papalia Collection
| Joseph Papalia is
a former history teacher and a recently retired Probation Officer living in Long Island, NY. He holds a
Masters Degree in Political Science from Queens College, NY. He began
collecting Presidential Documents in the early seventies and gradually
specialized in the field of the atomic missions of World War II. Since
1984, he has attended many of the reunions of the 509th Composite Group,
written articles which were both published in magazines and collectors
newsletters, and given presentations at various organizational functions.
He is still an active collector and can be reached at his e-mail address.
jpap@worldnet.att.net Note: There are two ways to view the photos in this gallery. You may "click" on any of the small images below to go to a full-page image along with an expanded caption. You may also navigate forward and backward from each of the full-page images. |
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| Men of the 509th Hitchhiking - Tinian Island - 1945 - Left to Right: Paul Metro, Patrick C. Joyce, Henry I. Jones, & James W. Jolly | Base Area - Motor Pool in Rear - Outhouse on Right - Tinian Island - 1945 | Mail Call - Grover C. Cooper - Tinian Island - 1945 | Paul Metro Exercising on the Parallel Bars - Tinian Island - 1945 | Men of the 509th CG During Roll Call - Tinian Island - 1945 |
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| Stanley A. Kiedrowski & Paul Metro - Tinian Island - 1945 | Paul Metro in Tinian Town - Tinian Island - 1945 | Men of the 509th Trying to Start Tractor - Tinian Island - 1945 | American Military Cemetery - Tinian Island - 1945 | Ancient Ruins - Tinian Island - 1945 - Left to Right: Royal Mohr, Patrick Robbins, & Grover Cooper |
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| Jack Kennedy (l) and Stanley Kylteka (r) stand in front of a British gun - Tinian Island - 1945 | Building in Tinian - Calvin Anstine - Tinian Island - 1945 | Captured Japanese Tank - Tinian Island - 1945 | Warren Best and Paul Metro Standing by the Tail of the Enola Gay - Tinian Island - 1945 | Patrick Robbins (l) and Royal Mohr (r) on top of an abandoned USMC Amtrak vehicle equipped with a 105mm Howitzer - Tinian Island - 1945 |
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| Men of the 509th enjoy the sun and do some reading on USS Deuel (attack transport) on way home from Tinian Island - 1945 | Men of the 509th onboard USS Deuel (attack transport) on way home from Tinian Island - 1945 | Paul Metro (l) and Calvin Anstine (r) looking over a crashed Japanese airplane - Tinian Island - 1945 | Abandoned Japanese building - Tinian Island - 1945 | Calvin Anstine (kneeling left) and others (unknown) looking for souvenirs - Tinian Island - 1945 |
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| Officer's Beach - Tinian Island - 1945 | Part of an old building in Tinian Town - Tinian Island - 1945 | Paul Metro onboard USS Deuel on way home from Tinian Island - 1945 | Paul Metro in front of Japanese tank - Tinian Island - 1945 | Playing cards on USS Deuel on way home from Tinian Island |
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| Prayer session aboard USS Deuel on way home from Tinian Island | Paul Metro prowling wrecked aircraft - Tinian Island - 1945 | Left to Right: Joseph Ross, John Robey, and Patrick Robbins pumping gas | "Suicide Cliff" - Tinian Island - 1945 | 'Pock-marked' building in Tinian Town - 1945 |
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| Left to right: Stanley A. Kiedrowski and William Giguere of the 509th CG onboard USS Deuel | Harold Kimme sitting in front of 393rd radar Quonset hut (enlisted) sleeping quarters | Japanese non-coms from island of Aguijan arriving at Tinian to verify that Japan has surrendered | Harold Kimme coming out of Chapel | Score keepers sitting on scoreboard (baseball) at Walsh Field |
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