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[Photograph 2012.201.B1304.0256]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Lieut. Kenneth M. Taylor, 22-year-old Hominy air corps pilot, is shown above, center, receiving from Major Gen. Frederick L. Martin, right, the distinguished service cross for his heroism in bringing down two Japanese planes over Honolulu December 7."
Date: January 13, 1942
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1304.0260]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Lieut. Kenneth M. Taylor, Hominy, first Oklahoman winner of the distinguished service cross in this war, is third from the left in this row or army heros of the air who together downed nine Japanese planes during the sneak attack on Hickam field and Pearl Harbor, December 7."
Date: December 25, 1941
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1304.0259]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Lieut. Kenneth M. Taylor, of Hominy, right, and Lieut. George S. Welch, received distinguished service crosses in Honolulu Monday for Heroism during the Japanese attack Of Hawaii, December 7."
Date: January 13, 1942
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1289.0289]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Maj. Gen. Clarence L. Tinker, outstanding Oklahoman from Pawhuska, gave Tinker AFB its name. He led a bombing mission against the Japanese fleet during the Battle of Midway on June 7, 1942, and his plane did not return. He was one-eighth Osage Indian, and held the most responsible rank ever awarded a man of his race at the time. (Orig. date of photo is unknown, this is a copy)"
Date: July 29, 1943
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1289.0285]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Maj. Gen. Clarence Tinker, of Pawhuska, Okla., who served in the U. S. Army Air Force as a commander in Hawaii during WWII. (Orig. date of photo unknown)"
Date: December 6, 1942
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1289.0288]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ceremonies held May 12 in California at Hamilton Air Force Base will have an Oklahoma feel, as the base celebrates the 30th Anniversary of its formal dedication. Maj. Gen. Clarence L. Tinker, native Oklahoman who was lost in action on Wake Island during WWII, and the man for whom Tinker AFB is named, was commander of the California field when it was first dedicated 30 years ago."
Date: December 18, 1941
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0927.0364]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Rescuers and crew members stand on the upturned hull of the battleship USS Oklahoma hours after it capsized during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, Dec. 7, 1941. Thirty two crew members were rescued from inside the ship but nearly 400 bodies were recovered when the Oklahoma was righted in 1943"
Date: December 7, 1941
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0927.0362]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "USS Oklahoma BB-37 under salvage at Pearl Harbor June 18, 1943. Photograph from the collection of Capt. F. H. Whitaker, USN, held by the Naval Historical Center."
Date: June 18, 1943
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0927.0366]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Salvage of USS Oklahoma BB-47, at Pearl Harbor 1943-43. Ship rotated to an angle of about 30 degrees, on March 29, 1943. N. A. S. Ford Island is in the background."
Date: March 29, 1943
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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