A Shoebox of Photos. A Hidden WWII Legacy Revealed.
Even though he grew up surrounded by WWII veterans in his small Arkansas town, Rod Fortner knew very little about where his dad served and what he had experienced as a young Marine.
尽管罗德·福特纳在阿肯色州的小镇上长大，周围都是二战老兵，但他对父亲在哪里服役以及他作为一名年轻海军陆战队员的经历知之甚少。
Top Photo: A stack of photos collected by Charles Coleman Fortner during his WWII military service.
顶部照片：查尔斯·科尔曼·福特纳 (Charles Coleman Fortner) 在二战服役期间收集的一堆照片。
Charles Coleman Fortner was born on July 22, 1925, in Paris, Arkansas.
查尔斯·科尔曼·福特纳 (Charles Coleman Fortner) 1925 年 7 月 22 日出生于阿肯色州巴黎。
A gifted athlete, he won first place in the broad jump in 1941 as a member of his 9th-grade track team.
作为一名天才运动员，他在 1941 年作为九年级田径队的成员赢得了跳远第一名。
On December 15, 1941, eight days after the attack on Pearl Harbor, Fortner left school to enlist in the US Marine Corps.
1941 年 12 月 15 日，即珍珠港袭击八天后，福特纳离开学校，加入美国海军陆战队。
He was 16 years old.
那年他16岁。
As was the case for many WWII veterans, Fortner remained silent about his combat experiences, keeping photographs from the war tucked away in a shoebox.
与许多二战老兵一样，福特纳对自己的战斗经历保持沉默，将战争照片藏在鞋盒里。
It wasn’t until his son Rod and grandson James contacted the Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy’s Historical Research Services department at The National WWII Museum that they learned more about his wartime service.
直到他的儿子罗德和孙子詹姆斯联系了国家二战博物馆的珍妮·克雷格战争与民主研究所的历史研究服务部门，他们才更多地了解了他的战时服务。
Our Historical Research Services team helps families discover their veteran’s WWII story by locating and translating their Official Military Personnel Files (OMPF) from the National Archives Records Administration (NARA) in St. Louis.
我们的历史研究服务团队通过查找并翻译圣路易斯国家档案管理局 (NARA) 的官方军事人员档案 (OMPF)，帮助家人了解退伍军人的二战故事。
The OMPF is the key to understanding a veteran’s military service and may include information on their training, medical records, major battles, unit and action reports, promotions, awards, and more.
OMPF 是了解退伍军人服役经历的关键，可能包括有关他们的训练、医疗记录、重大战役、部队和行动报告、晋升、奖励等的信息。
Any files that are retrieved undergo a thorough review by the Museum’s Research Historian for verification before being sent to the family.
取回的所有文件都会经过博物馆研究历史学家的彻底审查以进行验证，然后才会发送给家人。
Official Military Personnel File photo of Charles Coleman Fortner.
查尔斯·科尔曼·福特纳的官方军事人员档案照片。
National Archives Records Administration.
国家档案馆记录管理局。
Like many other families of WWII veterans, Fortner’s family knew next to nothing about his service.
和许多其他二战老兵的家庭一样，福特纳的家人对他的服役几乎一无所知。
All they knew was that he was in the Marine Corps, that he was 16 years old when he enlisted, and that he was stationed somewhere in the Pacific in 1942–45.
他们只知道他在海军陆战队，入伍时才 16 岁，1942-45 年驻扎在太平洋的某个地方。
Even though he grew up surrounded by WWII veterans in his small Arkansas town, Rod Fortner knew very little about where his dad served and what he had experienced as a young Marine.
尽管罗德·福特纳在阿肯色州的小镇上长大，周围都是二战老兵，但他对父亲在哪里服役以及他作为一名年轻海军陆战队员的经历知之甚少。
He picked up a book some years ago about the 2nd Marine Division’s history during World War II, but he did not know which battalion or company his dad served in.
几年前，他拿起一本关于二战期间海军陆战队第二师历史的书，但他不知道他的父亲在哪个营或连服役。
All he and his family could do was revisit the handful of stories his dad had shared over the years and contemplate what may have happened based on that shoebox of pictures.
他和他的家人所能做的就是重温他父亲多年来分享的一些故事，并根据鞋盒里的照片思考可能发生的事情。
When I received Charles Fortner’s OMPF from the National Archives, the exact details of his WWII service were finally brought to life.
当我从国家档案馆收到查尔斯·福特纳 (Charles Fortner) 的 OMPF 时，他在二战中服役的具体细节终于浮出水面。
According to the file, Fortner served with Company I, 3rd Battalion, 2nd Marines, on the islands of Tulagi, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, and Saipan.
文件显示，福特纳曾在第二海军陆战队第三营第一连服役，曾在图拉吉岛、瓜达尔卡纳尔岛、塔拉瓦岛和塞班岛服役。
I sent the Fortner family a copy of the file with the recommendation that we continue our research to create a fuller narrative of their veteran.
我向福特纳家族发送了一份文件副本，并建议我们继续研究，以更全面地描述他们的退伍军人。
When a veteran’s file has substantial information on their service history, our team can turn their WWII story, family history, and personal and archival photos into a fuller biography bound in book form.
当退伍军人的档案包含有关其服役历史的大量信息时，我们的团队可以将他们的二战故事、家族史以及个人和档案照片转变成以书籍形式装订的更完整的传记。
I soon had the pleasure of sitting down with Rod and James Fortner at the Museum to discuss Charles’s wartime service.
很快我就有幸在博物馆与罗德和詹姆斯·福特纳坐下来讨论查尔斯的战时服役。
With the shoebox of pictures in hand, we began putting the puzzle pieces together.
手里拿着装着图片的鞋盒，我们开始把拼图拼凑起来。
Revisiting his dad’s combat experiences was an emotional journey for Rod.
对罗德来说，重温父亲的战斗经历是一次情感之旅。
During the research process, he wondered where his dad had been on his 17th birthday.
在研究过程中，他想知道他 17 岁生日时父亲去了哪里。
Based on the chronological movement of Charles Fortner and his fellow Marines in his file, we determined that he turned 17 aboard the USS President Adams and disembarked with his company at Tulagi on August 8, 1942, during the initial assault of the Guadalcanal Campaign.
根据查尔斯·福特纳和他的海军陆战队员档案中的时间顺序，我们确定他在 1942 年 8 月 8 日瓜达尔卡纳尔岛战役的最初攻击期间登上总统亚当斯号航空母舰并与他的连队在图拉吉下船，当时他已经 17 岁了。
He would go on to see intense combat on Guadalcanal, Tarawa, and Saipan.
他随后亲眼目睹了瓜达尔卡纳尔岛、塔拉瓦岛和塞班岛的激烈战斗。
The file also revealed that Fortner was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation for his actions on Guadalcanal and a Purple Heart for wounds he received on Saipan.
文件还显示，福纳因其在瓜达尔卡纳尔岛的行动而被授予总统单位嘉奖，并因其在塞班岛受伤而被授予紫心勋章。
Rod Fortner mentioned that when his father returned stateside, he tossed all his equipment and war trophies into San Francisco Bay.
罗德·福特纳提到，当他的父亲返回美国时，他将所有装备和战利品扔进了旧金山湾。
The only item he kept was a Japanese flag recovered from an enemy soldier, a reminder that being a Marine was a serious and dangerous occupation.
他唯一保留的物品是从一名敌军士兵身上缴获的一面日本国旗，这提醒人们，海军陆战队是一项严肃而危险的职业。
Charles Fortner suffered from night terrors for years after returning home as he relived his time overseas.
查尔斯·福特纳（Charles Fortner）回国后重温海外时光，多年来一直遭受夜惊之苦。
For years, Fortner’s family relied on the few stories he had shared about his wartime experiences and let their imaginations run wild looking at the pictures in the shoebox.
多年来，福特纳的家人一直依赖他分享的有关战时经历的少数故事，并在鞋盒里的照片上尽情发挥想象力。
Now, after all these years, the Craig Institute’s Historical Research Services team was able to uncover and explain his wartime service.
现在，这么多年过去了，克雷格研究所的历史研究服务团队能够揭露并解释他的战时服役经历。
This narrative is now bound in a beautiful hardcover book that is ultimately an heirloom the Fortners can share with their family for generations to come.
这个故事现在被装订成一本精美的精装书，这最终将成为福特纳夫妇可以与他们的家人世世代代分享的传家宝。
This same connection to the past is also available to you and your family.
您和您的家人也可以与过去建立同样的联系。
Click here to learn more about our Historical Research Services.
单击此处了解有关我们的历史研究服务的更多信息。
Stephen Bateman is an Institute Associate at the Jenny Craig Institute for the Study of War and Democracy at the National WWII Museum.
斯蒂芬·贝特曼是国家二战博物馆珍妮·克雷格战争与民主研究所的研究员。
The All-American Girls Professional Baseball League served as inspiration for young women across the country and opened the door further for women’s professional sports.
全美女子职业棒球联盟为全国年轻女性提供了灵感，并进一步为女子职业运动打开了大门。
Joseph R.
约瑟夫·R。
Beyrle's experience captures the initiative demanded of airborne soldiers, the brutality endured by prisoners of war, and the unlikely battlefield cooperation between American and Soviet soldiers during the final months of the war.
拜尔的经历体现了空降兵所需要的主动性、战俘所遭受的残酷以及战争最后几个月美国和苏联士兵之间不太可能的战场合作。
In the letter, Major Richard “Dick” Winters responded to Stephen Ambrose's request for his thoughts on the strain of command, the problems he faced during the war, and the living conditions his soldiers endured.
在信中，理查德·“迪克”·温特斯少校回应了斯蒂芬·安布罗斯关于他对指挥压力、他在战争期间面临的问题以及他的士兵所忍受的生活条件的看法的请求。
What emerged was also a concise explanation of Winters’s leadership philosophy.
随之而来的是对温特斯领导哲学的简洁解释。
At The National WWII Museum, remembering the anniversary of September 11 means remembering all those who perished that day and recognizing the many different stories they carried with them.
在国家二战博物馆，纪念 9 月 11 日的周年纪念意味着纪念那天所有遇难的人，并认识到他们所承载的许多不同的故事。
During World War II, ship names often referenced earlier eras of American history.
第二次世界大战期间，舰艇名称经常引用美国历史的早期时期。
Today, the US Navy continues its efforts to memorialize the country’s origins by upholding naming traditions that hark back more than 160 years.
如今，美国海军继续努力维护 160 多年前的命名传统，以纪念国家的起源。
Initially, hell ships moved Allied POWs to areas where their labor was needed, such as the Japanese main islands and other recently conquered regions, but later, they also moved prisoners to prevent them from being liberated by advancing Allied forces.
最初，地狱船将盟军战俘转移到需要他们劳动力的地区，例如日本主岛和其他最近征服的地区，但后来，它们也转移囚犯，以防止他们被前进的盟军解放。
A product of post Great War naval treaties and launched amid rising global tensions, the USS New Orleans forged a bond with its namesake city in the years before World War II
新奥尔良号航空母舰是一战后海军条约的产物，在全球紧张局势不断升级的情况下下水，在第二次世界大战前的几年里与同名城市建立了联系
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