New York town's large collection of WWII vet photos endures

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POSTED: SUNDAY, AUGUST 30, 2015 10:11 AM
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MECHANICVILLE, N.Y. (AP) — During World War II, hundreds of servicemen in uniform had their photographs taken at a popular tavern near the Hudson River in upstate New York.

Seventy years after the war officially ended with Japan's surrender on Sept. 2, 1945, Siciliano's Restaurant is long gone, but the black-and-white portraits endure. Only a few of the people photographed by Mechanicville restaurant owner Charlie Siciliano are still living.

Public displays of photographs of local servicemen and women were common in many U.S communities during the war, but few have survived. The quality, size and longevity of the Siciliano collection make it "completely unique" among known WWII collections, according to Kimberly Guise, a curator at the National World War II Museum in New Orleans.

Here are some of the details about the Siciliano photographs:
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THE COLLECTION

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