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City Officials Welcome Army Airmen To The Ann Arbor Airport, May 1941 Photographer: Eck Stanger

City Officials Welcome Army Airmen To The Ann Arbor Airport, May 1941 image
Year:
1941
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 5, 1941
Caption:
AIRMEN AND WELCOMING OFFICIALS: When the squadron of army planes descended on the Ann Arbor airport yesterday afternoon, local officials welcomed the officers. Shown above, grouped left to right in front of an army transport ship, are: Aldermen A. D. Moore, T. Luther Purdom, director of the University bureau of appointments, Maj. F. M. Showalter, Mayor Leigh J. Young, Maj. J. W. Schroder, Lt. Ray G. Stark, Sheriff John L. Osborn, Capt. Ward M. Estes, J. W. Meadows, president of the Junior Chamber of Commerce, Earl H. Cress, president of the Chamber of Commerce, Col. J. L. Bachus and Police Chief Norman E. Cook.

Crowd Watching Bell Airacobra At The Ann Arbor Airport, May 1941 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Crowd Watching Bell Airacobra At The Ann Arbor Airport, May 1941 image
Year:
1941
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, May 5, 1941
Caption:
FIGHTER'S SPEED THRILLS CROWD: The several thousand persons who jammed the Ann Arbor airport yesterday afternoon were given a special treat when one of the army's fast Bell Airacobras flashed above the field at dazzling speed. The ship, shown above, has turned in a mark of 621 miles an hours.

Petty Officer Charles Albert Virant & Sgt. John F. Bartek Share War Stories, February 1943 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Petty Officer Charles Albert Virant & Sgt. John F. Bartek Share War Stories, February 1943 image
Year:
1943
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, February 22, 1943
Caption:
EXCHANGE NOTES ON RAFT EXPERIENCES: Petty Officer Charles Albert Virant (left) and Sgt. John F. Bartek (right) got together for a few minutes in the Allenel hotel to exchange notes on their experiences adrift in the ocean on rafts. Virant, a U. S. Navy gunner on a merchant ship, spent 17 days on a raft in the South Atlantic after his ship was torpedoed. Bartek, who was with Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker, lived 22 days on a raft in the Pacific. They will tell of their trips by raft, during the Army's program in Hill auditorium tonight.