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Oklahoma's Air Ace: William T. Ponder and World War I

Description: This article chronicles William T. Ponder's training and testing in battle against the backdrop of World War I aviation history. Ponder served with the French Aviation Service as part of the Lafayette Flying Corps and the U.S. Air Service where he became Oklahoma's first aviation war hero.
Date: Summer 2008
Creator: Moore, Bill
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1349.0240]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Governor David Walters gets a close look at food supplies being packaged for distribution to Sarajevo, Bosina, as he ended a trip to Frankfurt, Germany."
Date: February 24, 1994
Creator: Aiken, Charolette
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1289.0365]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Unable to use a trenching machine because of boggy ground, A1C Jay Serfoss from the 1836th (Engineering Installation Division, Tinker Air Force Base) relies on a pickax to lengthen a cabletrench at Hahn Air Force Base, Germany."
Date: 1988
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0134.0126]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A glowing Christmas tree rises before the spires of the cathedral in Cologne, Germany, the spectacular church built to house the relics of the Three Magi."
Date: 1978
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1152.0365]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Speaking at 8 p.m. Thursday in Agricultural Hall auditorium at Oklahoma State University is Dr. Hans Schmidt, director, Beethoven Haus in Bonn, West Germany."
Date: April 10, 1975
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0227.0530]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Chief Justice William Clark of the United States court of appeals in Germany said Wednesday he had been fired by the state department for "failing to take order."
Date: unknown
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1134.0185]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "WITH A COLLECTION of American cookbooks and a knowledge of nutrition in the United State Miss Monica H. Roemerscheidt will be going home to Bonn, Germany, in September."
Date: July 15, 1969
Creator: Taylor, Robert
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1024.0020]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Mrs. Eulah M. Pitts of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Major General Woodrow W. Vaughan, Commanding General of the United States Theater Army Support Command (TASCOM), during ceremonies naming the headquarter building "Pitts Hall" after the late Captain Riley Leroy Pitts, a former member of the headquarters who was posthumously award the Medal of Honor."
Date: May 29, 1969
Creator: Asman, James
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1327.0069]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Major General Woodrow W. Vaughan, Commanding General of the United States Theater Army Support Command, delivers the eulogy of Captain Riley L. Pitts, who was posthumously aearded the Congressional Medal of Honor."
Date: May 29, 1969
Creator: United States. Army.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1024.0017]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Mrs. Eulah M. Pitts of Oklahoma City, Okla., and Major General Woodrow W. Vaughan, Commanding General of the United States Theater Army Support Command (TASCO), during ceremonies naming the headquarters building "Pitts Hall" after the late Captain Riley Leroy Pitts, a former member of the headquarters who was posthumously award the Medal of Honor (U. S. Amry photo by Specialist Four James Asman."
Date: May 28, 1969
Creator: Asman, James
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1024.0018]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Mrs. Eulah M. Pitts of Oklahoma City, Okla., Widow of Captain Riley Leroy Pitts, Medal of Honor winner, and Major General Woodrow W. Vaughan, Commanding General of the United State Theater Army Support Command, view the memorial plaque designating the TASCOM headquarters building as "Pitts Hall" (U.S. Army photo by James Asman)."
Date: May 28, 1969
Creator: Asman, James
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B1327.0068]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Major General Woodrow W. Vaughan, Commanding General of the United States Theater Army Support Command, delivers the eulogy of Captain Riley L. Pitts, who was posthumously aearded the Congressional Medal of Honor."
Date: May 28, 1969
Creator: United States. Army.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0224.0650]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Rebel General Dietrich Von Cholitz, former wehrmacht leader who defied Adolf Hitler's orders in World War II to destroy Paris, is dead at 71."
Date: November 5, 1966
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0150.0818]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Ward Munson Edinger of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma records impressions of Berlin's "Wall of Shame" for a Radio Free Europe reporter during a visit to West Berlin as part of a tour of RFE facilities in west Germany and Portugal."
Date: October 19, 1966
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0150.0814]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "IRON CURTAIN INTERVIEW of Ward Munson Edinger, Oklahoma City corporation president, is conducted by a Radio Free Europe reporter in West Germany at the Czechoslovakian border."
Date: 1966
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0150.0815]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ward Munson Edinger of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma listens to the actual voices of Communist commentators during an inspection tour of Radio Free Europe's headquarters in Munich, Germany."
Date: 1966
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0150.0816]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Ward M. Edinger of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, visiting West Germany as part of a Radio Free Europe Fund inspection trip, receives from West Berlin Mayor Willy Brandt a replica of the Freedom Bell given to West Berlin by the American people."
Date: 1966
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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