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Identifier
20147372
Description
"It's so hard... not knowing... just waiting. And the hours seem like days," said Mrs. Betty Jane Pollard, wife of Staff Sergent Elbert W. Pollard, one of 16 crewmen on the missing B-36. Trying to console their mother, above, are Molly, 4, at left, Betty Ruth, 2, and Patricia Ann, 6. Staff Sergent Pollard would later be declared killed in action. Several years later Betty would remarry to a man maned Eldon Wheeler.
Archival Date
1950-02-14
Collection Name
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Collection Number
AR406-6-2421
Original Format
Negatives, Black & White
File Format
JPG
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Subjects
Families; Children; Military spouses; Missing in action; Worry; Daughters
Names
Pallard, Elbert Wayne, 1922-1950; Wheeler, Betty Jane Hicks, 1928-2000; Pollard, Molly; Pollard, Betty Ruth; Pollard, Patricia Ann
Subjects
Families; Children; Military spouses; Missing in action; Worry; Daughters