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Item: U. S. Selective Services
APA
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries. U. S. Selective Services. (1951). Retrieved from https://library.uta.edu/digitalgallery/img/20153647Chicago/Turabian
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries. "U. S. Selective Services." UTA Libraries Digital Gallery. 1951. AccessedMay 21, 2024
MLA
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries. U. S. Selective Services. 1951. UTA Libraries Digital Gallery, https://library.uta.edu/digitalgallery/img/20153647. Accessed21 May 2024
Special Collections Reference Information
Original image part of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries. Identifier: AR406-6-2578
Identifier: 20153647
Title: U. S. Selective Services
Description: These 28 young Army and Air Force enlistees were happily "ready to go" when they began boarding and chartered bus in front of the United States Courthouse for the district recruiting headquarters in Dallas. At extreme left is the chief recruiter here, Master Sergeant Hubert O. Gardner Jr., and at the head of the double line is Sergeant First Class Chester L. Hammond with the bus driver, C. F. Skelton. Enlistments in the Army, Air Force and Navy continued above average after the post holiday rush, and Marine recruiters reported "still in business." Published in Fort Worth Star Telegram evening edition January 3, 1951.
Date Created: 1951-01-03
Coverage: 1950s
Category: Government, Labor and Politics, Military
Subject Term: Military, Recruiting & Enlistment
Location: Fort Worth (Tex.)
Address: United States
Collection: Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Language: None
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: Big Hair and Bigger Business: The Fort Worth Star-Telegram Captures the 1950s
Title: U. S. Selective Services
Description: These 28 young Army and Air Force enlistees were happily "ready to go" when they began boarding and chartered bus in front of the United States Courthouse for the district recruiting headquarters in Dallas. At extreme left is the chief recruiter here, Master Sergeant Hubert O. Gardner Jr., and at the head of the double line is Sergeant First Class Chester L. Hammond with the bus driver, C. F. Skelton. Enlistments in the Army, Air Force and Navy continued above average after the post holiday rush, and Marine recruiters reported "still in business." Published in Fort Worth Star Telegram evening edition January 3, 1951.
Date Created: 1951-01-03
Coverage: 1950s
Category: Government, Labor and Politics, Military
Subject Term: Military, Recruiting & Enlistment
Location: Fort Worth (Tex.)
Address: United States
Collection: Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Language: None
Type: Still Image
Format: JPG
Publisher: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries
Rights Holder: University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections
Rights:
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Project Series: Big Hair and Bigger Business: The Fort Worth Star-Telegram Captures the 1950s
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