Brig. General Hugh A. Ward

                 The Rebel         

This is the original drawing of "The Rebel", the art work on Hugh's P-47 Thunderbolt.

  


Welcome
This page is dedicated to Hugh Augustus Ward.  The boy that climbed into a cockpit and became an inspiration to all who knew him.  Hugh was born in Georgia in 1921 and died in Charlotte, NC in 2006.  He touched the lives of all who knew him.  This page is more than a remembrance of his life, it is History as he lived it.  My hope is that over time I will be able to include all of his scrap books and memorabilia on this site for those who knew him and others who may just be interested in WWII or Military History.  This is a work in progress and it has only just begun.
 
Hugh made a set of scrap books during the course of his life to journal his career in pictures and other memorabilia.  There are 10 scrap books in this set and many of them have additional letters, magazines and other items in them.  I will try to make the digital versions posted here as complete as possible.    The links below are scanned images of Hugh's first scrap book.   The scanned image is of everything in the scrap book except blank pages.  This first scrap book is an actual WWII German scrap book Hugh carried out of the prison camp.  For this reason I also included all of the original German content as it is in the real scrap book. 

As you open these file be patcient.  Some of them are quit large and make take a minute or two to open.   If you cant open a file Right Click on it and click on "Save As".  Choose where you want the file saved and it will download to your PC.  That will allow you to open and view it when you want.



Album 1
Divided into 3 parts for faster downloading.

Album 1 Intro

Includes cover and original German content.

Album 1 Part 1

Includes Hugh's photos and other memorabilia.

Album 1 Part 2

Includes Hugh's photos and other memorabilia.



Album 2
Divided into 2 parts for faster downloading.

Album 2 Part 1 

1942 Includes Hugh's photos and other memorabilia.

Album 2 Part 2

1942 Includes Hugh's photos and other memorabilia.



Album 3
Divided into 3 parts for faster downloading.

Album 3 Part 1

4th Fighter Group
Debden, England

Album 3 Part 2

Prison Camp

Album 3 Part 3

Postcards




First Log Book
Notice the brief amounts of time for each lesson.  He could only afford 15 minutes or so at a time.
(Click on the Log Book)




Personal Notes Concerning Planes and Fight Time.
Hugh's handwritten notes journaling where he was and the planes he flew.
(click here)
 
Thanks for looking!
 
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