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D14508-1
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- 1943-05-06 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Mayor Harry P. Cain, about to leave for Army service, outside the "New" Tacoma Hotel in May, 1943. Fittingly, there is an Army vehicle parked next to the city's chief executive. He was preparing to depart for a 16-week military school stay in Virginia. He would later fight in Italy, serve the Allied Control Comm. at Naples on Gen. Eisenhower's staff, and would be promoted to Full Colonel for valor in the Battle of the Bulge, Dec. 1944. Cain would return to Tacoma in 1945 and assume the duties of mayor. (T.Times 5-6-43, p. 1) ALBUM 13.
Cain, Harry P., 1906-1979; Mayors--Tacoma--1940-1950;