A retired Army master sergeant, John R. Simpson of New Orleans, 83, anxiously awaited comrades in the lobby of Hotel Texas. Simpson, who was one of the first arrivals for the 40th annual encampment of the Department of Texas, United Spanish War Veterans and Auxiliary, was loaded with tales of a 30-year military career he wanted to recall with his former buddies in the 1st Texas Infantry. Published in Fort Worth Star Telegram evening edition May 8, 1954.
Item: John R. Simpson
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Original image part of the Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection, University of Texas at Arlington Libraries. Identifier: AR406-6-3237
Identifier: 20166283
Title: John R. Simpson
Description: A retired Army master sergeant, John R. Simpson of New Orleans, 83, anxiously awaited comrades in the lobby of Hotel Texas. Simpson, who was one of the first arrivals for the 40th annual encampment of the Department of Texas, United Spanish War Veterans and Auxiliary, was loaded with tales of a 30-year military career he wanted to recall with his former buddies in the 1st Texas Infantry. Published in Fort Worth Star Telegram evening edition May 8, 1954.
Date Created: 1954-05-08
Coverage: 1950s
Category: Government, Labor and Politics, Medicine, Nature, Science and Technology, Military
Subject Term: Military, Portrait photographs, Veterans
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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Title: John R. Simpson
Description: A retired Army master sergeant, John R. Simpson of New Orleans, 83, anxiously awaited comrades in the lobby of Hotel Texas. Simpson, who was one of the first arrivals for the 40th annual encampment of the Department of Texas, United Spanish War Veterans and Auxiliary, was loaded with tales of a 30-year military career he wanted to recall with his former buddies in the 1st Texas Infantry. Published in Fort Worth Star Telegram evening edition May 8, 1954.
Date Created: 1954-05-08
Coverage: 1950s
Category: Government, Labor and Politics, Medicine, Nature, Science and Technology, Military
Subject Term: Military, Portrait photographs, Veterans
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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