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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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