"Lt. Homer B. Pou, Northington General Hospital patient from Tuscaloosa, Ala., is shown with his first pay check since February 1944 - a check for $6,459!"
"'Back at our air base in England those USO units were really entertaining,' said Pou. 'Despite air raids, the show always went on.' Pou, first pilot on a B-17, was shot down March 8, 1944, by German fighters on the second large Berlin raid. Two of his crew were killed, the...
Main Author: | Northington PRO, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. |
---|---|
Format: | Electronic |
Published: |
Alabama Department of Archives and History
|
Subjects: | |
Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/photo/id/18438 |
Similar Items
-
Alabama serviceman Beasley, a patient at Northington General Hospital in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
by: Northington PRO, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. -
Three photographs of wounded veterans from Northington General Hospital in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
by: Northington PRO, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. -
Congressional Medal of Honor winner Henry E. Erwin speaking into a microphone, probably during a radio broadcast from Northington Hospital in Tuscaloosa, Alabama.
by: Northington PRO, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. -
Staff Sergeant Leonard Ozley of Birmingham, Alabama.
by: Northington PRO, Tuscaloosa, Alabama. -
Private George Glenn of Holly Pond, Alabama.
by: Northington PRO, Tuscaloosa, Alabama.