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Title
1st Lt. Walter A. Blair
Creator
Blair, Linwood
Contributor
Dorothy Cole
Date Created and/or Issued
1940s
Publication Information
Brisbane Library
Contributing Institution
San Mateo County Library, Brisbane Library
Collection
Brisbane Library History Collection
Rights Information
Unknown
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Description
1st Lt. Walter A. Blair, United States Army Air Force. He was lost on his 21st mission near Frankfurt, Germany on October 4, 1943, and listed as missing in action, presumed dead as of August, 1945.Walter was one of Brisbane's first hero's at the age of 20. His parents were "Sarge" and Vera Blair. In Walter's memory, Sarge created "Blair's Rangers" training young boys in the way of the service of the United States. Many benefited from this while serving in Korea and Vietnam. Sarge Blair info can be found at the Brisbane Library History Collection
Type
image
Format
1 photographic print and 1 manuscript; 16.5 x 26.7 cm in total
Identifier
http://ark.cdlib.org/ark:/13030/kt7x0nd74j
cmsbr_158
ark:/13030/kt1k40300d
http://www.brisbanelibrary.org/
Language
English
Subject
Military air pilots
Military personnel
Photographs
World War II
Blair, Walter
Place
Brisbane (Calif.)

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