World War II Military Portrait of Corporal Oliver McKinley Sprouse of Frost, W.Va.

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Title

World War II Military Portrait of Corporal Oliver McKinley Sprouse of Frost, W.Va.

Date

ca. 1944

Description

World War II military portrait of Corporal Oliver M. Sprouse of Frost, W.Va. Sprouse was a paratrooper with the 101st Airborne serving in England, France, Czechoslovakia, Belgium, Holland and St. John’s, Newfoundland. He was captured by the Germans in 1940 and rescued. Cpl. Sprouse returned to his family in Pocahontas County at the end of the war. in 1945 after five years of service. Oliver McKinley Sprouse died on May 25, 2005 at the age of 94. He is buried at Mountain View Cemetery in Marlinton, W.Va.

Place

Unknown

Identifier

PHP004251

Rights

See Rights and Reproductions

Type

Still Image

Format

Photograph

Citation

“World War II Military Portrait of Corporal Oliver McKinley Sprouse of Frost, W.Va.,” PRESERVING POCAHONTAS: ~ Pocahontas County W. Va. ~ Digital Archive, accessed March 29, 2024, http://pocahontaspreservation.org/omeka/items/show/1226.

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