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S-061.003 Mrs. Homer C. Cole Photo Collection

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Title: S-061.003 Mrs. Homer C. Cole Photo Collection
Caption: "Shaking hands warmly with a young first lieutenant of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek's Army Air Forces, Captain Corydon M. Wassell, almost legendary character of a rescue in Java, asked to be remembered to the general and Madam Chiang upon the officer's return "to a free China." The officer is a student flyer in the Liberator school at Kirtland Field, Albuquerque, New Mexico."
Description: Visit of Captain Corydon Wassell to Kirtland Field, Albuquerque, New Mexico on 8 Nov. 1944.
 
Accession #: S-061
Catalog #: S-061.003
Donor: Mrs. Homer C. Cole
Original Date: 1944-11-08
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