Colonel Hans C. Adamson

Creator

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Identifier

20031507

Description

Colonel Hans C. Adamson. Middle-aged man in dark military uniform with insignia and decoration ribbon. He's wearing a lighter dress shirt and matching solid color tie. The room has a desk covered with stacked papers and above it is a framed photographf of an airplane. The edge of a window and blinds can be seen on the far right of the photo.Clipping:"Col Adamson Urges Youths Stay In SchoolStresses StudyThe road to victory is still a long one, and the time it takes to travel it will be governed entirely by the capacity of your men to run the engines of war over that road.'That is why it is so important to the military to obtain the brainpower that can be created only in schools,' Col. Hans C. Adamson told newspaper reporters when he visited Training Command Headquarters here Friday morning.The colonel, who was lost for 21 days in the Pacific with Lt. Col. Eddie Rickenbacker's crew, has already toured 38 States urging high school students to stay in school. He explained that he would not be in Fort Worth long enough to fill any speaking engagements, but would go on to Dallas to speak there. Colonel Adamson was one of several Army and Navy officers assigned last May to offset the exodus of nearly a million girls and boys from high schools this year.'That gold rush from the classrooms is serious, not only for the war effort, but for the peace to come,' Adamson declared. 'The boys who quit school a year or two ago to earn some money before entering service are very regretful now. They haven't . . . [truncated clipping]"More about the sea rescue of Adamson and Rickenbacker at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hans_Christian_Adamson

Archival Date

1943-11-05

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-295

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Education booster; Military uniforms; Rescue at Sea