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Identifier
20033059
Description
Technical Sergeant John Holt, son of Mrs. Audrey Brooks, is spending a 63-day furlough with his mother after liberation from a German prison camp in May. A member of the 15th Air Force, he was shot down over Hungary Oct. 13, 1944. He parachuted from plane and suffered a broken back and neck. For seven months he was in a hospital in Stargard, Germany and was then sent to prison camp in Barth. The Russians liberated his camp on May 2nd. He wears the Air Medal with two oak leaf clusters, the Presidential Citation, the Purple Heart, the Aleutian Campaign ribbon with one star and the Eastern Theater Offensive ribbon. Before entering the service in 1942, Holt was graduated from Polytechnic High School and was employed at Frank Kent Motor Company. Holt is shown in uniform standing by a bare wall. Published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram evening edition, July 4, 1945.
Archival Date
1945-07-03
Collection Name
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Collection Number
AR406-6-346
Original Format
Negatives, Black & White
File Format
JPG
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Subjects
Frank Kent Motor Company
Names
Halt, John; Brooks, Audrey (Mrs.)
Subjects
Frank Kent Motor Company