First Lieutenant Robert S. Lard

Creator

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Identifier

20028483

Description

First Lieutenant Robert S. Lard, often decorated veteran of the year's combat in the European theater as platoon leader of a tank destroyer battalion, has just returned to his home in Fort Worth. Hailed for his heroism in volunteering to go in a jeep to reconnoiter an enemy-filled building and under sniper and small arms fire, he returned to initiated the attack mounting the lead tank destroyer. Mr. Lard has attended Texas A & M College. He was graduated from high school in El Paso. A brother, Homer Lard, lives in Uvalde. Lard is shown in uniform with hands on waist, smiling. Published in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram morning edition, August 12, 1945.

Archival Date

1945-08-12

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-360

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

United States. Army; Heroes; Courage; Lard, Homer; Lard, Robert S. (1LT); Veterans; Texas A & M university