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[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

[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.B0916.0309]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "W. W. Woodworth, Ringling, banker and one of the trustee group which raised the Elmer Morriss fund, chats with Elmer and his wife, Velma, at the gate of the new Morriss home. Meanwhile, he's tugging at the toe of Danny Jay, the Morriss' 6-month-old son."
Date: March 26, 1947
Creator: Johnson, Bill
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.B0916.0297]

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.B0916.0298]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Contributions to the Elmer Morriss fund made through The Daily Oklahoman were sent to The Daily Ardmoreite Friday through Highway Patrolmen working in relays. Shown is Trooper Glenn Clark, who left the Oklahoman office at 2 p.m. with nearly $15,000 in contributions. Grand total for the fund is over $30,000."
Date: November 16, 1945
Creator: Meek, Richard B.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0916.0304]

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 boosted his "fund" with $2,700 raised at the benefit show. Here, the sergeant intently enjoys the action as does his brother, right, but his wife, center, looks a little alarmed."
Date: November 2, 1945
Creator: Meek, Richard B.
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.B0916.0323]

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.B0916.0301]

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.B0916.0293]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A stranger - but a fellow veteran - stopped at the entrance to the Skirvin Hotel to greet Sgt. Elmer Morriss, Ringling war hero, Friday when he arrived in OKC for a five-day stay. Sgt. C. L. Crutchfield, Natchez, Miss., is shown shaking hands with Morriss."
Date: November 2, 1945
Creator: Stockwell, Bill
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0916.0295]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Many people were eager and waiting for Sgt. Elmer Morriss to arrive so that they could shake the hand of the 22-year-old example of high courage. Harvey Terry, the Ardmore man who has personally escorted Morriss within the state and on frequent trips to and from McCloskey General Hospital in Temple, Texas, stands back of Morriss' chair."
Date: November 2, 1945
Creator: Stockwell, Bill
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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