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    Identifier

    20053235

    Description

    Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC / R. O. T. C.) sponsors manifested as much curiosity as the cadets at a demonstration of infantry equipment at Jennings Avenue Junior High School by a special unit of the 36th Division. Shown here is a machine gun demonstration by Sergeant (Sergt.) Manuel Ornelas. Watching the demonstration are, left to right, Captain (Capt.) Merritt F. Harrison, commander of the demonstration unit; Lieutenant Colonel (Lieut. Col.) Eugene V. Behan, Fort Worth Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC / R. O. T. C.) head; Cadet Colonel (Col.) James Anderson, Cadet Colonel (Col.) Jerry Sullivan, Cadet Sponsor Betty Copeland, all of Paschal High School. All are dressed in uniforms. Published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram morning edition, February 4, 1942.

    Archival Date

    1942-02-03

    Collection Name

    Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

    Collection Number

    AR406-6-1480

    Original Format

    Negatives, Black & White

    File Format

    JPG

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    Subjects

    Military personnel

    Names

    Ornelas, Manuel; Harrison, Merritt; Behan, Eugene; Anderson, James; Sullivan, Jerry; Copeland, Betty

    Subjects

    Military personnel

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