Article re: Normandy sand gift
- Title
- Article re: Normandy sand gift
- Creator
- Fort Worth Star-Telegram
- Institution
- TCU
- Link
- https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/26616
- Description
- Article in the Fort Worth Star-Telegram titled "Sand From Beachhead in Normandy Received Here." The article details the gift of a packet of sand delivered to American Airlines pilot Col W. B. Whitacre who flew paratroopers during the Normandy invasion. Amon Carter delivered the packet of sand to the pilot.
- Date
- 1944-08-10
- Decade
- 1940s
- Subjects
- American Airlines
- Air travel
- Aviation
- Source
- Box 005, American Airlines, Inc: 1944 4 of 6 folder, item 23
- Type
- Article
- Formats
- 8.5 x 11 Paper
- Rights
- Prior written permission from TCU Special Collections required to use any document or photograph