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[Photograph 2012.201.B0316.0348]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma's farm organizations, and the things they do for their members, were being studied this week by four leaders from Germany, two men and two women, as part of an exchange of farmers being sponsored by the U. S. department of agriculture."
Date: October 18, 1950
Creator: Owen, A. Y.
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Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1184.0658]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Major John Lucien Smith of Lexington, whose record of 19 Jap planes downed during the southwest Pacific campaign has brought him the distinction of being one of the nation's top aerial aces, didn't have to worry about gasoline when he was flying his Grumman fighter."
Date: 1942
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1184.0660]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Major John L. Smith, left, of Lexington, Okla., with 16 planes shot down leads in victories this quartet of deadly marine pilots who together are credited with 40 Japanese planes downed in combat over the Solomon islands and adjacent waters."
Date: 1942
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1184.0667]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Three U. S. Marine Corps flying aces, back from the Solomon Islands, stopped at San Francisco Friday to tell some of their experiences and look at some new war pictures."
Date: 1942
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1184.0657]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Inset, are, left to right, Major Smith, his father R. O. Smith sr., retired Lexington mail carrier and Major Smith's brother, R. O. Smith jr., Cleveland county attorney."
Date: 1942
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1184.0655]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A hero to all Lexington children, John Smith's particularly one to all his nieces, Virginia, 9 years old, and Marian, 8 years old, daughters of Robert O. Smith jr."
Date: 1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1184.0669]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Maj. John Smith (above) , of Lexington, Oklahoma, U. S. Marine Corps flier, was awarded a Navy Cross by Admiral Chester W. Nimitz for shooting down 16 enemy planes between Aug. 21 and Sept. 15."
Date: October 14, 1942
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1184.0668]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Even in a few hours at home, John L. Smith, Oklahoma's No. 1 hero in number of Jap planes downed, had time for a visit with his football teammate, Bill Merritt, who was expecting to go into the navy when the picture was made."
Date: 1943
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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