World War, 1939-1945

This is a photograph of the interior of the room that Richard Beckman lived in while staying with the Abery family in Reading, England during World War II.

C.C. Abery stands in a golfing stance with a putter at his home in Reading, England during World War II.

Carl Morrise, agent with the United States Army Criminal Investigation Detachment, stands next to his fox hole in a field at Catz near Omaha Beach during the invasion of France during World War II.

Richard Beckman sits cross legged in an army camp site in France during World War II. Beckman was a United States Army Criminal Investigation Detachment agent during the war.

This is a bi-frame image of Richard Beckman (left) and Ben Wallins, taken during the time that they served as agents stationed in England with the United States Army Criminal Investigation Detachment during World War II.

The Abery Family pose for a photo outside. Seated from right, C.C. Abery, Graham Abery. The rest are unknown.

This is a photograph of the interior of the room that Richard Beckman lived in while staying with the Abery family in Reading, England during World War II.

John Osterholt, left, and Carl Morrise, agents with the United States Army Criminal Investigation Detachment in the field at Catz, near Omaha Beach during the invasion of France in World War II.

Richard Beckman, a United States Army Criminal Investigation Detachment agent, writes a letter during World War II on a wooden box at his camp.

This is a photograph of the interior of the room that Richard Beckman lived in while staying with the Abery family in Reading, England during World War II.