Preview
Identifier
20034247
Description
Lieutenant (Lt.) Roger C. Neely Junior (Jr.) spent his 22nd birthday, July 11, on a mission to Munich, toughest of his 32 missions. Lieutenant Neely is shown standing against a bare wall, facing front and smiling for the camera. He is wearing his military casual with Air Medal, that has three oak leaf clusters, and the Distinguished Flying Cross (DFC). He participated in D-Day bombings on the Normandy coast. Neely, a graduate of Paschal High School and former student at Texas Christian University (TCU), is home on leave to visit his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Roger C. Neely Senior (Sr.), 2229 Mistletoe Boulevard. Published in The Fort Worth Star-Telegram morning edition, December 3, 1944.
Archival Date
1944-12-01
Collection Name
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Collection Number
AR406-6-554
Original Format
Negatives, Black & White
File Format
JPG
Rights
Rights held by The University of Texas at Arlington Libraries, Special Collections. Any use of content downloaded or printed from this page is limited to non-commercial personal or educational use, including fair use as directed by U.S. copyright laws. For more information or for reproduction requests, please contact UTA Special Collections by emailing spcoref@uta.edu.
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License
Subjects
Military officers; Medals; Military decorations
Names
Neely, Roger C.
Subjects
Military officers; Medals; Military decorations