Photo Albums Of Thomas Logan Harrigan, U.S. Soldier During World War II, Including His Time Spent In Northern Ireland, Louisiana, And Washington D.C.

(WORLD WAR II). This archive consists of three photo albums created by Thomas Logan Harrigan (1913-1988). Harrigan was a United States Army officer during World War II, rising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel. Each photo album is leather-bound, with his signature on the front along with “World War II,” the volume number, and the dates corresponding to the photographs inside. Volume I covers April 29, 1942 to December 1, 1942, and highlights Harrigan’s time in “Ireland”. Harrigan was actually stationed and resided in Northern Ireland, as Northern Ireland was a part of the United Kingdom while the Republic of Ireland controversially remained neutral during the war. Photographs include Newcastle, Belfast, Camp Girdwood, Queens University -Belfast, and the first P-38 plane unloaded in Northern Ireland. Belfast was a key industrial city in the United Kingdom's war effort, producing ships, tanks, aircraft, and munitions. Volume II covers December 1942 to March 1943, and highlights Harrigan’s continued service in Northern Ireland. However, this album also includes photographs from outside the specified time range. It was also during this span that Hannigan received his promotion to Lieutenant Colonel. By 1944, Harrigan had been transferred to Louisiana or was on leave there, so photographs show him attending an LSU football game and doing some sightseeing in New Orleans. Additionally, though not pasted into the album, there are additional photographs in this volume of his wife and their young family, as well as official U.S. Army photographs from after the war, including of a 1958 July 4th celebration and a 1962 Yokohama Area Community Relations Advisory Council meeting. Volume III, dated 22 March 1944, highlights the timeframe in which Hannigan was stationed in Washington D.C. Photographs include of sightseeing, his office in the Pentagon, the 1945 Army-Navy game, and when “Gen. Eisenhower comes home”. There are additional family photographs of good times during the last stages of the war and later in 1945. All photographs are from film cameras and printed on cardstock. They are all in black-and-white. The photographs are in fine condition. The albums themselves are a bit worn, and the binding is loose on Volume III. It is only held together by the rope that connects the album’s pages. Regardless, this album is a riveting, holistic view of a mid-level United States Army soldier during the years of the Second World War.