Amon Carter, Jr.
- Title
- Amon Carter, Jr.
- Creator
- United States. Army. Signal Corps
- Institution
- TCU
- Link
- https://repository.tcu.edu/handle/116099117/53330
- Description
- Photo of Amon Carter, Jr. and William H. Simpson. On reverse: "Public Relations Office, Post Headquarters, Fort Sam Houston, Texas. Second Lieut. Amon Carter Jr. of Fort Worth receives from Lt. Gen. William H. Simpson the Bronze Star Medal which was awarded for services to the army which Lieutenant Carter performed while a prisoner of war of the Germans. The presentation was made at Fort Sam Houston, where Lieutenant Carter now is awaiting a new assignment at the Army Ground and Service Forces Redistribution Station. Rommel's forces captured Lieutenant Carter in North Africa in February, 1943. He was liberated by the Russians at a prison camp near Berlin April 22, 1945, and was returned to the American lines on May 5 by a reconnaissance from General Simpson's Ninth Army. --Signal Corps photo."
- Date
- 1945-11-29
- Decade
- 1940s
- Subjects
- Carter, Amon G., Jr.
- Prisoners of war
- World War II
- Source
- Box 244, Carter, Amon Jr. - Military Prisoner of War [after release], 1945 Folder, Item 050
- Type
- Image
- Formats
- 7x5 Photo
- Rights
- Prior written permission from TCU Special Collections required to use any document or photograph