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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
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
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.
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
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
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
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
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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