Photographs - P.126.21 to P.126.30, 1952-1955
Scope and Contents
P.126.21 Herb Parsons standing next to a table of firearms, shooting machine gun. On verso; Base photography laboratory MacDill Field, Florida, Official photograph US Air Force.
P.126.22 Tool boxes of ammunition, traps, balls, coins and firearms in labeled bins. On verso: Herb’s tackle box of supplies used in each exhibition.
P.126.23 Herb Parsons and Lt. General US Army standing by a table of firearms, shooting. On verso: US Army photo 12 June 1955, Herb Parsons, Exhibition shooter from Sommerville, Tennessee, checks the firing position of LT General Claude B. Ferenbaugh, Deputy Eighth Army Commander, as the General sights at target with a US 30 Cal. M-2 Carbine. At the Seoul Military Post Rifle Range, Yongsan, Korea during a marksmanship exhibition by Mr. Parsons under the sponsorship of Winchester-Western Cartridge Co. Hundreds of UN, US and ROK troops applauded. Herb Parsons firing accuracy with 16 weapons and 2000 rounds of ammunition. Photographer Sgt Kasten (TT) 304th Sig Bn (OPR). Released by Public information Officer Headquarters, 8th Army.
P.126.24 Herb Parsons standing, shooting with an audience of military men.
P.126.25 Herb Parsons with a group of 6 military men and an audience in the background. On verso: Official Photograph Herb Parsons in action at NATTU Rifle Exhibition, Naval Parachute Unit USNAAS, El Centro California
P.126.26 Herb Parsons and military man standing next to table of firearms. On verso: Official USMC photograph by motion picture production unit, Marine Barracks Camp Joseph H. Pendleton, Oceanside, California. Job order date 5 Mar 1952
P.126.27 Herb Parsons with another man, Adolph Topperwein?, standing holding firearms.
P.126.28 Herb Parsons with 3 members of the US military showing them a machine gun, next to a table of firearms.
P.126.29 Herb Parsons in military uniform sitting on shotgun shells.
P.126.030 Herb Parsons and Jimmy Stewart, standing together holding guns.
Dates
- Created: 1952-1955
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Extent
From the Collection: 1.00 boxes
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
Creator
- From the Collection: Parsons, Herb (Person)
Repository Details
Part of the McCracken Research Library Repository