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Burt Stodden Lost On Flight

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12
Month
July
Year
1944
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Reveals Engagement

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Day
1
Month
April
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1944
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Air Force ROTC Cadets at Waterman Gym, March 1970 Photographer: Cecil Lockard

Air Force ROTC Cadets at Waterman Gym, March 1970 image
Year:
1970
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 24, 1970
Caption:
Air Force ROTC Cadets In Formation At Waterman Gym

Lieutenant Donald L. Alway, March 1944 Photographer: Attributed to Eck Stanger

Lieutenant Donald L. Alway, March 1944 image
Year:
1944
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, March 4, 1944
Caption:
Commission and gold bars were received Feb. 24 by Donald L. Alway, a University graduate and son of Guy G. Alway, of 331 Packard St., at the graduation ceremony of the Army Air Forces Training Command School at Yale University. Lt. Alway left Wednesday night after being home on leave, and his wife, the former Corine L. Pesha, of Ann Arbor, returned with him to Foster Field, Tex., where they will remain for 30 days. He'll then go to Mitchell Field.

Lts. William A. (left) and Irving T. Conlin (right), June 1944 Photographer: Eck Stanger

Lts. William A. (left) and Irving T. Conlin (right), June 1944 image
Year:
1944
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, June 9, 1944
Caption:
BROTHERS ON LEAVE: For the first time in two years, the Lts. Conlin, sons of Frank C. Conlin, of 711 E. Ann St., saw each other when they came home on leave at the same time. First Lt. William A. Conlin, (left) 26, has seen action with the Fifth army amphibious forces in Africa, Sicily and Italy. His brother, Second Lt. Irving T. Conlin, (right), 22, a transport pilot, is with an Army Air Forces troop carrier command and expects overseas duty in the near future. Irving will return to duty Wednesday at Fort Wayne, Ind., after a 10-day leave, and William, who was home on a 21-day leave, has reported to North Carolina for reassignment. Irving's wife, the former Helen Dunn, resides at the Ann St. address.
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Legacies Project Oral History: George Ramsey

George Ramsey was born 1938 and grew up on East Warren Avenue in Detroit. He remembers experiencing the Detroit Race Riot of 1943 as a young child and the Detroit Riot of 1967 as an adult. He attended Northeastern High School with classmates who became famous Motown singers. Ramsey served in the United States Air Force and USPS before becoming a road manager for a Motown recording group in the late 1960s. He worked for Motown music producer Lamont Dozier in California in the 1970s.

George Ramsey was interviewed in partnership with the Museum of African American History of Detroit and Y Arts Detroit in 2010 as part of the Legacies Project.

Air Force Officers Stationed At The University Of Michigan Watch The Army-Navy Football Game On TV At The Saddle Ridge Club - November 26, 1949 Photographer: Maiteland Robert La Motte

Air Force Officers Stationed At The University Of Michigan Watch The Army-Navy Football Game On TV At The Saddle Ridge Club - November 26, 1949 image
Year:
1949
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, November 28, 1949
Caption:
HAPPY DAY FOR ARMY MEN: Air Force officers stationed at the University couldn't be in Municipal Stadium in Philadelphia Saturday for the Army-Navy game but they could watch the Cadets beat the Middies, 38-0, on television sets. This foursome (left to right), Capt. J. R. Tipton, Maj. P. R. Cornwall, Col. O. C. Knox, and Maj. W. C. Nielsen, was pictured at the Saddle Ridge Club where, Saturday evening, the Air Force Officers Wives Club gave a supper-dance. Army and Navy officers at the University and their wives were guests at the party.