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Original image part of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries. Identifier: AR406-6-605
Identifier: 20038505
Title: First Lieutenant Pete King, navigator
Description: First Lieutenant Pete King on a 21-day leave is visiting his mother, Mrs. M. N. King. As a navigator, he flew fifty combat bombing mission over Germany in a B-17. He wears the European Theater ribbon, with two battle stars, the Air Medal with two clusters and the Distinguished Flying Cross. He will report for reassignment at Santa Ana, California, after completing his leave. He was a former Paschal High School football and basketball player and well known in Fort Worth amateur sports circle, although he now scale to 200 pounds compared to the 145-pound halfback, some golf friends barely recognized him. He plans a few more swings around the local golf courses before his leave ends. King is wearing his uniform and standing by a blank wall. Published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram morning edition, March 16, 1945.
Date Created: 1945-03-15
Coverage: 1940s
Category: Military
Subject Term: Navigators, Football players, Basketball players, Golfers, Military uniforms
Collection: Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Type: Still Image
Format: JPG
Publisher: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Rights Holder: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
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Project Series: Through the Lens of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram: A Photographic View of World War II in Fort Worth

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