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Webster Phillips - World War II
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Webster Phillips prior to joining the military.
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Webster Phillips relaxes on Aunt Mae’s porch in Makanda, Illinois in 1940.
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Makanda, Illinois
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1940
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Webster Phillips in Giant City Park before the war.
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Giant City Park
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Webster, in the center, front relaxes with several friends in happier days before the war.
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Private Phillips, home on leave before being shipped overseas, stands in front of his 1937 Chevy in.
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Chicago, Illinois
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Private Phillips relaxes with a buddy while stationed at Camp Forrest, near Tullahoma, Tennessee, circa 1943.
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Tullahoma, Tennessee
When:
Circa 1943
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Webster (on the left) and his army buddy Hank Hendrickson, take a moment to relax from combat somewhere in Europe.
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Europe
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Private Phillips being awarded a Bronze Star for valor from his battalion commander, one of three he earned while fighting his way across northern Europe.
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Webster (on the right) and Hank Hendrickson somewhere in Europe, circa 1945.
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Europe
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Circa 1945
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The 117th Infantry Regiment pushed into Germany by January, 1945. Phillips stands in a snowy German town.
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Germany
When:
January, 1945
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The 3rd Battalion S-2 (Intelligence Section) personnel gather for a photo in 1945. From left to right are Elmer Bergenero, Webster Phillips, ‘Scotty’ Shiverdecker, unknown, unknown and Hank Hendrickson.
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Unknown
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1945
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Captain Culb and others from the 3rd Battalion on the street, somewhere in France.
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France
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Unknown
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Newlyweds Sarah and Webster Phillips, in 1946.
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1946
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Unknown
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Webster (Bud) Phillips, born in June, 1947 to Webster and Sarah Phillips.
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Martha (Phillips) Bedford, born in June of 1948 to Webster and Sarah Phillips.
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