Corporals’ Main Gate Guard Quarters, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, 1941

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Institution:

COGG Honor Archive

Collection:

The William Stinson Brown & Joanne Auringer Brown Family Collection

Date:

1941

Item Type:

Photograph

Branch of Service:

US Marine Corps

WWII Theater:

Pacific Theater

Unit / Squadron / Ship / Industry:

Rights / Restrictions:

Public Access

Description:

Interior view of the barracks quarters used by the Main Gate Guard, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, showing a row of metal-frame beds (“sacks”) with folded wool blankets and pillows. Assigned to this room were PFC Harry C. Jensen, CPL Eldrige R. Waldron, and PFC James R. “Jim” Van Hekken. The room also shows built-in shelving stocked with folded uniforms and linens, a floor lamp, a wall-mounted light fixture, and a paned window and door. 1941.

Additional Notes

This photograph is from the personal collection of photographs taken by CPL William Stinson Brown while stationed at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii before the infamous attack of 7 December 1941. CPL Brown was there during the attack. These unique photographs were donated to the COGG Honor Archive for public use of students, writers and researchers of history. The generous donation was from CPL William S Brown’s, son, William Stinson “Bill” Brown Jr. and his loving granddaughter Caitlin Brown Clancy.

Keywords:

Main Gate Guard, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, barracks quarters, 1941, Harry C. Jensen, Eldrige R. Waldron, James R. Van Hekken, sacks, metal-frame beds, wool blanket, footlocker shelving, folded uniforms, floor lamp, wall sconce, barracks interior, U.S. Marine Corps, enlisted quarters

Cite As:

“Corporals’ Main Gate Guard Quarters, Pearl Harbor Navy Yard, 1941.” CPL William Stinson Brown. 1941. The William Stinson Brown & Joanne Auringer Brown Family Collection. Honor Archive, Conservators of the Greatest Generation (COGG), San Antonio, Texas.