Harmon Hightower and Ernest E. Kerr Junior

Creator

Preview

Identifier

20034395

Description

Two buddies who captained successive football teams at Paschal High School are staging a reunion in Fort Worth, Texas. They are Second Lieutenant Harmon Hightower, right, and First Class Petty Officer Ernest E. Kerr Junior. In addition to playing football at Paschal, Lieutenant Hightower also played at Texas Christian University. He recently received his Army Air Force commission and wings at Ellington Field. Petty Officer Kerr spent fifteen months in the Aleutians as electrician's mate in naval construction. The men are shaking hands, dressed in their military uniforms.

Archival Date

1944-05-26

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-588

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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License

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Subjects

Military uniforms; Texas Christian University; United States. Army Air Forces; Hightower, Harmon; Kerr, Ernest