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D18462-1
Date(s)
- 1944-11-05 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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This photograph of Vernon Stewart Cunningham was taken in November 1944 shortly after he received his honorable discharge from the service and returned to Tacoma. Before the war, he had been a locally successful sculptor. Among other works, he had created busts of both Mayors James G. Newbegin and M. G. Tennent. While part of a volunteer squadron involved in collecting information about Japanese defenses on Nissan Island, in the Solomons group, he was hit by enemy fire. He lost the sight in one eye and the practical use of his left hand. (T. Times, 11/7/44, p. 2). (Listed incorrectly in the T. Times as Vernon Michael Cunningham)
Military personnel--Tacoma; Eye patches--Tacoma; Purple Heart; Cunningham, Vernon S.;