Personal Narrative Manuscript/Mixed Material Photo, Print, Drawing Software, E-Resource Audio Recording William Robinson Wilson Collection
Veterans History Project Service Summary:
- War or Conflict: World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: Unit C3, 162nd Signal Company, Photographic Company, Army Pictorial Service
- Location of Service: North Africa; Sicily, Italy
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Collection Number: AFC/2001/001/1182
In 1941,William Wilson began his career with the 162nd Signal Company Photo in a most inauspicious way: for three months, he laid cable at Fort Sheridan, Illinois. By the time he was discharged in 1945, his photos had been published in Life and Look magazines, and he had worked with and become good friends with Ernie Pyle. Wilson's photos from World War II, both official and personal, number in the hundreds. Depicting both the tragedy of war-a rainy funeral for a fallen G.I.-and the tragicomic-his only war injury: a broken toe-Wilson's work offers insight into how a creative, well- educated young man perceived the war from behind a camera's viewfinder.
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About this Item
Title
- William Robinson Wilson Collection
Names
- Lugar, Richard
- U.S. Senate/Richard Lugar
- Ordner, Larry
- Wilson, William Robinson
Home State
- Indiana
Headings
- - Wilson, William Robinson
- - World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal Narratives
- - United States. Army.
Repository
- Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Gender
- Male
Status
- veteran
Service History
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World War, 1939-1945
- Branch of Service: Army
- Unit of Service: Unit C3, 162nd Signal Company, Photographic Company, Army Pictorial Service
- Location of Service: North Africa; Sicily, Italy
- Highest Rank: Captain
- Dates of Service: 1941-1945
- Entrance into Service: Commissioned
- Military Status: veteran
Materials
- Audio: CD [1 item] -- Reference copy (collected 2005-10-18; 2005-10-18)
- Manuscript: Memoirs [1 item] -- (collected 2002)
- Manuscript: Printed matter [1 item] -- Typewritten document (collected 1998-10)
- Audio: Audio Cassette [1 item] -- Oral history interview (collected 2002-06-07)
- Photograph: Mixed (Multiple types of photographs) [10 items] -- (collected 1941-2002)
- Manuscript: Transcript [1 item] -- Transcription of audio recording (collected 2007-02-13)
- Computer File: Floppy Disk [1 item] -- Electronic file of manuscript (collected 2002-06-07; 2007-02-14)
- Computer File: CD [1 item] -- Electronic file of photograph (collected 2007-08-28)
Collection Number
- AFC/2001/001/1182
Cite as
- William Robinson Wilson Collection (AFC/2001/001/1182), Veterans History Project, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress
Online Format
- audio
- image
- online text