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Forgotten Hero: Oklahoma Naval Commander Ernest E. Evans's Gallant Sacrifice at Leyte Gulf

Description: Article explores the question of why Commander Ernest E. Evans's memory is virtually forgotten in his native state while so honored by the U.S. Navy. Evans, an Oklahoma native, bravely fought and died in the Battle of Leyte Gulf in World War II, earning multiple honors for his heroism.
Date: Summer 2010
Creator: Floyd, Larry C.
Item Type: Refine your search to only Article
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0882]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "The widow of Gen. Claire L. Chennault of the famous Flying Tigers will open the Sooner Dinner Club's fall lecture series at 7 PM Thursday in the Skirvin Tower Hotel Persian Room. Mrs. Anna Chennault, historian and speaker, will lecture to the club on "The Crisis in Viet Nam." The former Anna Chan, Mrs. Chennault came from a wealthy and distinguished Chinese family. She was graduated from Ling Nan University in 1944."
Date: October 18, 1965
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0053.0913]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Brig. Gen. Claire L. Chennault, commander of the American Volunteer Group, the famed Flying Tigers in China, recently visited Generalissimo and Madame Chiang Kai-shek at Kunming. Building back of them is covered with camouflage paint."
Date: June 5, 1942
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0073.0388]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Oklahoma City University's national championship women's basketball team brought back some unforgettable memories and possibly two recruits from a 10-day tour of Taiwan."
Date: 1988
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0094.0367]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "U.S. Secretary of Agriculture John R. Block samples the freshly-made donuts with Sung Ziwen, minister of Light Industry, during a tour Sunday of Peiking's Yili Bakery."
Date: 1981
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0112.0684]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Capt. Leland J. Brumley of Duncan is followed by Col. Robert B. Rheault, as the two men leave officers' mess at the long Binh, South Vietnam, military base."
Date: 1969
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0125.0113]

Description: Photograph used for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "It was Eileen Carney's 23rd birthday and the red-haired, Oklahoma City University graduate was a long way from home."
Date: April 17, 1968
Creator: Tapscott, George
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0223.0036]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "China's Marilyn Monroe is winsome Liu Chi. The comely Asian actress poses on the set of the film "Tradition" being made in Hong Kong, last production point of non-communist China movies."
Date: October 11, 1953
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0223.0460]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Art work from many lands will be on display and Li-Tsui Chein, Now a Southeastern Art Student, should make some interesting contributions. Li-Tsui is a native of China, but Taiwan, and now Japan, became 'home' following the Communist take-over of her native country."
Date: February 13, 1963
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0224.0010]

Description: Photograph taken for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "Defenders of the Burma road battled Wednesday in gales of approaching monsoons to hold open the door to China. At left American-made airplane wing rides the road, center."
Date: unknown
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0224.0017]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Canton Christian College is in the center of Canton, the Chinese sore spot, where anti-foreign demonstrations and outbursts have assumed serious proportions."
Date: June 24, 1925
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0224.0018]

Description: Photograph taken for a newspaper owned by the Oklahoma Publishing Company. Caption: "Over 2000 Cantonese and Russians were reported killed in Canton, China, Dec. 11 1927, during the suppression of the Communist uprisings by the military forces of China."
Date: January 12, 1928
Item Type: Refine your search to only Photograph
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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