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[Photograph 2012.201.B1089.0623]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "One of three supersonic frogs just flown past the sound barrier by North American Aviation test pilot Joe Lynch is examined by Captain Robbie Risner, Korean eight-kill jet ace, Clovis Air Force Base, Kathleen Hughes, Universal Pictures actress who soon will appear in the forthcoming 3-D fantasy, "It Came From Outer Space" and Bill Collins, ringmaster for the Jumping Frog Jubilee to be held at Angels Camp in the … more
Date: May 15, 1953
Creator: Modernage Photo Service
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1089.0638]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Prisoners of war learned quickly not to be ashamed to talk about God and parriotism, Col. Robinson Risner told Putnam City High School students today."
Date: March 2, 1973
Creator: Argo, Jim
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1089.0621]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Shattered canopy and bullet-ridden fuselage of F-105 depicts apparent narrow escape by Lt. Col. James Robinson Risner."
Date: October 26, 1965
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1089.0600]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "ALIVE AND WELL, captured American air ace Lt. Col. James R. Risner of Oklahoma City appears at a news conference in Hanoi Monday, first time he has been seen since he bacame a prisoner of war in September, 1965."
Date: August 7, 1969
Creator: CBS News
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1089.0630]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "TAKE IT from his family, friends and fellow fliers, Maj. James Robinson Risner is a cinch to set a new trans-Atlantic flight record Tuesday."
Date: September 30, 1952
Creator: United States. Air Force.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1089.0617]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "To the accompaniment of thundering martial music and soft hymnal choruses, about 3,000 Oklahomans paid a hearty tribute Sunday to the state's Vietnam verterans in a Day of Honor ceremony at the Myriad."
Date: May 5, 1973
Creator: Traverse, Cliff
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1089.0637]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Air Force Col. Robinson Risner of Oklahoma City told a news conference at Andrews Air Force Base: "I think some prisoners died at the hands of the North Vietnamese."
Date: March 30, 1973
Creator: Sisney, Steve
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1089.0642]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Declaring that he is more concerned about the United States and its future than ever before, Gen. Robinson Risner today called for a renewed patriotism and dedication to freedom."
Date: October 26, 1976
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1089.0643]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Retired Brig. Gen. Robinson Risner, a former Oklahoma Air National Guard flier, became a jet ace during the Korean war."
Date: November 11, 1984
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1089.0622]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Capt. James Robinson Risner, former air national guard pilot here, has become the nation's 20th jet ace, with five MIG-15s to his credit."
Date: September 22, 1952
Creator: Albright, Bob
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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