WWII 141.B3.F11.10a
Photograph from the back of the seated attendants of a field military church service amid large haystacks outside somewhere in France around 1944 during World War II. The service is presided over by Army chaplain Rev. Frederick J. Ackman of Iowa (standing center) for members of the 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces. Ackman was that unit’s chaplain. Pictured are a portable organ, and Ackman’s U.S. Army chaplain’s kit on a jeep’s hood, which was being used as a portable altar. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was traveling in France with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance) [circa 1944].
WWII 141.B3.F11.10a
Photograph from the back of the seated attendants of a field military church service amid large haystacks outside somewhere in France around 1944 during World War II. The service is presided over by Army chaplain Rev. Frederick J. Ackman of Iowa (standing center) for members of the 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance), U.S. Army Air Forces. Ackman was that unit’s chaplain. Pictured are a portable organ, and Ackman’s U.S. Army chaplain’s kit on a jeep’s hood, which was being used as a portable altar. Photograph taken while 2nd Lt. Charles M. Allen Jr. of Mount Gilead, N.C., was traveling in France with Headquarters, 10th Photographic Group (Reconnaissance) [circa 1944].