Wesley Allen Dillard, motor machinist's mate first class

Creator

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Identifier

20034250

Description

Wesley Allen Dillard, motor machinist's mate first class, is visiting his mother, Mrs. Oma Dillard, 418 S. Adams. Dillard was on a salvage ship attached to a task force. When his ship was sunk at Guadalcanal on October 25, 1942, he was in the water four hours before he swam ashore. The island was still held by the Japanese, but American forces had set up beachhead installations just the night before. When the second ship was sunk, he was rescued after about two hours in the water. After a 30-day leave which he in spending with his mother, Dillard will report to Norfolk, Virgnia at attend deisel school. He is engaged to a New Zealand girl who is planning to come to the United States. His brother, Private first class Omer Earl Dillard, whom he has not seen in five years, is in the Medical Corps attached to the 15th Air Force on Corsica. In this picture, Wesley is standing against the wall and wearing his Naval uniform with ribbon bar and ranks stripes. Published in Fort Worth Star-Telegram, morning edition, December 5, 1944.

Archival Date

1944-12-04

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-554

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Dillard, Wesley Allen (MOMM1); Dillard, Oma (Mrs.); Dillard, Omer Earl (Pfc.); Navies; Military uniforms; Portrait photographs