[Staff Sergeant Warren C. Cowen recuperates in hospital after losing both legs]

Shirtless man with both legs amputated in a hospital bed being visited by two men in suits

[Staff Sergeant Warren C. Cowen recuperates in hospital after losing both legs]

Description:

Staff Sergeant Warren C. Cowen recuperates in hospital after losing both legs in action on New Britain, World War II; visitors are listed as Acherton and Henry Love, ca. 1944. A shirtless man is in a hospital bed. There are two men in suits standing nexto to his bed.

Item File:

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Topic:

Physical Disability, Veterans and Military, Social Welfare and Communities

Keywords:

Hospitals, World War, 1939-1945, Veterans, Amputees

Persons:

Cowen, Warren Clay

Love, Henry

Creator:

United States Army Signal Corps

Image Type:

Black & White, Positive

Language:

English (United States)

Collection:

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection. Series 6: Negatives

Identifier:

10014123

Call Number:

Unprocessed 2016-19

Publisher:

University of Texas at Arlington

Rights:

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Rights Holder:

University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections

License:

Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)