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Identifier
20156308
Description
Lt. John J. McGraw, a casualty of World War 2 was to be reburied here with full military honors. Lieutenant McGraw died while piloting a B-24 bomber during the historic Ploesti raid of August 1, 1943. In the raid 177 Liberator bombers plastered the Romanian refineries that were supplying the Wehrmacht with gasoline and other petroleum products.
Archival Date
1950-09-23
Collection Name
Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection
Collection Number
AR406-6-2541
Original Format
Negatives, Black & White
File Format
JPG
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License
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Subjects
Military; War casualties; Portrait photographs
Names
McGraw, John J.
Subjects
Military; War casualties; Portrait photographs