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Stanley T. (Tim) Swed was a director at the Army Pictorial Center.
Stanley's son, Dennis, wrote, "He's my father, and he worked out of
Astoria as a director He was a combat photographer in WWII. When they
closed APC in the late 60's or early 70's, my father was transferred to
Aberdeen Proving grounds. a few years later, he was transferred, and
lived in Las Cruces New Mexico. I'm not sure , since I was already in
college, whether he was stationed out of El Paso or White Sands. He
then retired, later moved back to South Jersey, after he retired. He
passed away in 1987.
"He was good friends with Chris Mauriello and used to commute to work,
when he wasn't traveling with Charlie Arnold.
"His full name was Stanley T. Swed, but he was also known to friends as
'Tim'.
"Here is an early picture of my father taken in his Army
days."
Stanley also appears in two Christmas party photos at APC.
See People at APC.
During my childhood, when my father was on
location, we got to travel with him when we were out of
school in the summer. We spent several summers in El Paso.
I reside in Virginia Beach, I remember in the
early 60's coming here one summer when my father was doing a
training film out of the Little Creek Amphibious base
located right here. At that time, a young actor named
Johnny Crawford, who played on the Rifleman, was serving
time in the Army and was on the film crew with my Father.
I can remember the picture my father took of
Douglas McArthur, with his classic sunglasses and corn cob
pipe when he was stationed in the Pacific.
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