City Officials Welcome Army Airmen To The Ann Arbor Airport, May 1941 Photographer: Eck Stanger
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1941
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Ann Arbor News, May 5, 1941
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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.
Ann Arbor News, May 5, 1941
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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.
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Crowd Watching Bell Airacobra At The Ann Arbor Airport, May 1941 Photographer: Eck Stanger
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1941
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Ann Arbor News, May 5, 1941
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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.
Ann Arbor News, May 5, 1941
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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.
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With The Men In Service: September 13, 1944
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1944
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Ralph A. Loveland Gets Legion Of Merit Award
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December
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1945
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Local Man Awarded Legion Of Merit
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Four Heroes To Talk At War Rally Tonight In Hill Auditorium
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22
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February
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1943
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Heroes To Tell Of Life In Africa, Adrift At Sea In Public Rally Tonight
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Petty Officer Charles Albert Virant & Sgt. John F. Bartek Share War Stories, February 1943 Photographer: Eck Stanger
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1943
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Ann Arbor News, February 22, 1943
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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.
Ann Arbor News, February 22, 1943
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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.
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Scenes As Heroes Arrive For Army Salute To City
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Weather Worse Than Japs, Says Gunnery Officer
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16
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November
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1945
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