Kinley, Vernon Howard:

$1,500 · Offered by William Reese Company · No longer available

[SMALL ARCHIVE AND PHOTOGRAPH ALBUM DOCUMENTING THE MILITARY SERVICE OF VERNON HOWARD KINLEY]. An engaging collection of photographs and additional material, documenting African-American soldier Vernon Kinley's (1945-2004) service in the U.S. Marine Corps. The memory book from the Marine Corps Recruit Depot in San Diego is similar to a high school yearbook, featuring all the activities the recruits took part in during boot camp, right up to graduation, including individual photos of all the graduates. The photograph album begins in September 1965 (based on date stamps on the photos) with images of Kinley and his fellow Marines on-base and engaged in field exercises. There are also images of Kinley visiting his family and attending a county/state fair, possibly as a recruiter. Also in this section are two (of a total of five) photos of Kinley and friends prominently displaying the record album, "Miles & Monk at Newport." In August 1966, Kinley was assigned to duty on ship, and included are numerous photographs of the ocean, the ship's interior, and fellow marines and seamen. The first stop featured in the album is somewhere in Greece, and then they are off to Italy (although it seems more likely that Italy would have been first). There are few photos of typical tourist spots; most shots are of Kinley and friends in restaurants and bars. By December 1967, he is back in the United States serving as a guard at the Naval War College in Newport, Rhode Island (he includes a log entr

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