Private First Class Amon W. Taber awarded Purple Heart

Creator

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Identifier

20037400

Description

Private First Class (Pfc.) Amon W. Taber of Comanche is pictured here. This is a copy of his half bust portrait. He is dressed in military uniform. Private (Pfc.)Taber has been awarded the Purple Heart for wounds suffered October 12 during the attack on Metz. He was a cook with a mechanized cavalry unit. He was given wonderful care and saved by the doctors. At present he is stationed at Hoff General Hospital, Santa Barbara, California and has been spending his leave here with his wife, the former Miss Cora Mozelle Croker, and their three daughters. Published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, March 20, 1945.

Archival Date

1945-03-12

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-602

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White;Copy of Original Image

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Taber, Amon W. (PFC); Taber, J. L. (Mr.); Taber, J. L. (Mrs.); Military personnel; Military uniforms; Awards; Military decorations; Purple Heart; Spouses; Croker, Cora Mozelle (Miss); Taber, Cora Mozelle (Mrs.); Portrait photographs; War casualties; Cavalry; Physicians; Hospitals; Hoff General Army Hospital