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Jack C. Montgomery: A Little Big Man

Description: Article documents the life of Jack Montgomery and recalls his service with the Forty-fifth Infantry Division in World War II, where he received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the war.
Date: Winter 2004
Creator: Bean, Christopher B.
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

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.B0052.1178]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "The French tanker Betelgeuse, which exploded earlier today at the Whiddy Island storage terminal, lies with her broken and flames and smoke still pouring from the central portion at first light."
Date: January 8, 1979
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0052.1179]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Smoke and flames pour from French tanker Betelguese after a series of explosions ripped the vessel apart in Bantry Bay Monday, killing 50."
Date: January 9, 1979
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0962]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Four U. S. Governors listen to Jean Cherioux, center, vice president of the Paris city council, during a visit to the Town Hall in Paris Friday."
Date: May 15, 1970
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0104.0170]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Luther H. Brannon, Agricultural Extension Specialist, Food and Agriculture Division, ECA/OSR, is seen against a backdrop of the Place de la Concorde, with the obelisque and the Eiffel Tower in far background."
Date: unknown
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.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

[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
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