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[Photograph 2012.201.B0916.0306]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Upper left: parents of Sgt. Elmer Morriss, Ringling ... Lower left: Morriss with brothers Emmett and Mike ... Upper right and lower right: Morriss at CCC camp in 1941."
Date: January 16, 1946
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0916.0328]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The approximate $15,000 raised for Sgt. Elmer Morriss, a badly battered state war hero, is safe in the vaults of the Exchange National Bank in Ardmore. Here, Trooper Roy L. Clinton of Ardmore carries it into the vault while B. S. Frost of the bank watches."
Date: November 20, 1945
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0916.0321]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "A gallant soldier, Sgt. Elmer Morriss, and a gallant man, R. E. Wright, retired, who lives at the Skirvin Tower Hotel, had a great deal in common to talk about. Wright lost both legs in a train accident 19 years ago, and Morriss is a triple amputee from WWII. Wright visited with Morriss to lend encouragement to the Ringling hero."
Date: November 2, 1945
Creator: Stockwell, Bill
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0916.0300]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Sgt. Elmer J. Morriss, U. S. Army, Ringling, Okla., triple amputee recovering at hospital in Temple, Texas."
Date: October 30, 1945
Creator: U.S. Signal Corps
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0916.0301]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Sgt. Bob Kenaston ... "I'm for a guy who can smile like that." (The marine corps veteran will "suit up" with 11 other wrestlers in benefit American Legion show at Stockyards Coliseum for disabled veteran Sgt. Elmer Morriss, shown in picture held by Kenaston.)"
Date: November 1, 1945
Creator: Miller, Joe
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0916.0297]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Sgt. Elmer J. Morriss, U. S. Army, Ringling, Okla., at Stockyards Coliseum benefit wrestling event, with Red Andrews, promoter, and Maj. Charles Mooney, plus unidentified Legion usher on right."
Date: November 2, 1945
Creator: Meek, Richard B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0916.0313]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Sgt. Elmer J. Morriss, Ringling, Okla., WWII veteran and triple amputee, with his family (wife Velma, and son Danny Jay)."
Date: March 26, 1947
Creator: Johnson, Bill
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0916.0296]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Sgt. Elmer Morriss got a big lift out of the mat action Friday night at Stockyards Coliseum as well as from the generous wrestling fans who rocketed his $25,000 fund over the top with $2,700 from the benefit show. Red Andrews, left, promoter, and Maj. Charles Mooney introduce Oklahoma's war hero to the packed coliseum."
Date: November 2, 1945
Creator: Meek, Richard B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0916.0316]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Elmer Morriss, triple amputee GI, now a chicken rancher near Ringling, lost both legs, one arm and an eye in WWII ... here he is shown in Ardmore."
Date: March 22, 1949
Creator: Tapscott, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0916.0318]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Elmer Morriss, who has made a fast comeback from war injuries, gets around with the best of them now as he supervises remodeling work on his new home in Ringling."
Date: July 30, 1946
Creator: Meek, Richard B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0916.0336]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Elmer Morriss, Ringling, Okla., WWII veteran and triple amputee, with wife Velma Lee, behind chair, saluting another soldier on the streets of OKC during a special visit."
Date: November 2, 1945
Creator: Stockwell, Bill
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0916.0302]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Sgt. Elmer J. Morriss, U. S. Army, Ringling, Okla., seated near podium, with Mayor Hefner in the photo."
Date: November 2, 1945
Creator: Stockwell, Bill
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0916.0287]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "John Steel Batson, Oklahoma legislator, acting as official representative of Gov. Robert S. Kerr, presents to Staff Sgt. Elmer Morriss, Ringling, a commission as an honorary colonel of the governor's staff. This award was made during the Southern Oklahoma Boxing Tournament in Ardmore. Proceeds from the tourney benefitted the Sgt. Elmer Morriss fund."
Date: October 3, 1945
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0916.0323]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Elmer Morriss and his wife, Velma Lee, have a lot to be happy about these days as they plan for an addition to their family. Elmer is making a fast comeback from his disabling war injuries, and has begun remodeling work on their new home in Ringling."
Date: July 30, 1946
Creator: Meek, Richard B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0916.0307]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Despite the fact that he has two artificial legs and one artificial arm, Elmer Morriss drives this car, which was a gift of a Fort Worth automobile dealer."
Date: March 26, 1947
Creator: Johnson, Bill
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0916.0325]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A shame and a disgrace" is the way Elmer Morriss describes the U. S. conduct of the war in Vietnam. He sees the action as a stalemate. "When you're in a fight, you either fight to win or you get out," the vet from WWII said Sunday, as he is pictured here in his Ringling home with wife, Velma Lee."
Date: November 29, 1968
Creator: Hill, Ron
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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