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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.B0916.0316]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Elmer Morriss, triple amputee GI, now a chicken rancher near Ringling, lost both legs, one arm and an eye in WWII ... here he is shown in Ardmore."
Date: March 22, 1949
Creator: Tapscott, George
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.B0916.0318]

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.B0916.0306]

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
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0916.0331]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "The material thanks - $31,003.81 worth - given by Oklahomans and Texans to this state's most seriously maimed war veteran brought a happy smile to Sgt. Elmer Morriss Sunday as he rode through Ardmore streets to a ceremony in which Governor Kerr presented the money to him. He is shown beside his father, E. L. Morris, and his wife and mother in the back seat. The money will buy the one-time Ringling farm boy and his wife land,… more
Date: December 17, 1945
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0916.0328]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The approximate $15,000 raised for Sgt. Elmer Morriss, a badly battered state war hero, is safe in the vaults of the Exchange National Bank in Ardmore. Here, Trooper Roy L. Clinton of Ardmore carries it into the vault while B. S. Frost of the bank watches."
Date: November 20, 1945
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
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