F. W. Beasecker collection

Beasecker, Helen Starr, 1912-1994

Beasecker, F.W. (Francis Wallace), 1917-1971

Photographs of Lt. (later Capt.) F.W. Beasecker, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Photographs of training at Camp Edwards, Massachusetts; visit to the Gibbon Boat Works in New Orleans, manufacturer of parts for the LCVP; housing in Carabelle, Florida; and Signal Corps and Engineer Amphibian Command photographs taken in Cairns, Australia. Images taken in Australia include construction of the landing craft boat assembly plant, production and testing of the LCVP and snapshots taken by Beasecker during his active duty with the 411th Engineer Battalion during WWII.

World War II

1942/1946

World War, 1939-1945

World War, 1939-1945 -- Engineering and construction

World War, 1939-1945 -- Pacific Ocean

United States

Boatbuilding

Landing craft

Grand Valley State University. University Libraries. Special Collections & University Archives

RHC-29

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