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Title: Capt. E. F. Pesik heads new Valley Air Force office
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor: This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued: 1950
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Photograph article dated April 11, 1950 reads, "New office quarters of the 9079th Volunteer Air Force Training group are open today under the direction of Capt. Edward F. Pesik, USAF, at 3905 Empire Ave., Burbank. Captain Pesik said the office is open Monday through Friday from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. as contact quarters for Valley Air Force reservists and that emphasis will be placed on recruiting of ex-Valley Air Force men. Command officer of the 9079th group is Lt. Col. Frank Owens of Van Nuys. Captain Pesik was transferred to the Valley from Portland Airport, Portland, Ore. He resides at 8150 Burnett Ave., Van Nuys, with his wife and two children. Assisting him in his new duties is Tech. Sgt. Harry W. Cole, transferred from Hamilton Field Air Force Base."
Type: Image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;26 x 21 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00135339
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d042_f5_i18
CARL0005612764
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/65470
Subject: United States.--Air Force Reserve
United States.--Air Force
Offices--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Men--California--Burbank (Los Angeles County)
Military service, Voluntary--United States
Military uniforms
Burbank (Los Angeles County, Calif.)
Portrait photographs
Valley Times Collection photographs
Time Period: 1941-1950

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