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Title
D7166-6
Date(s)
- 1938-04-06 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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While attending Army Day at Fort Lewis on April 6, 1938, Emery Alling, Bill Clark, and Bob and Pete Burnell listened to Sergeant Edward B. Green explain how this field artillery piece was used in France, during World War I, to quell a German advance. Green was the only member of the gun crew who survived. Wounded twice, he was decorated with the Purple Heart, Distinguished Service Cross and Victory medals. (T. Times, 4/6/1938, p. 1).
Alling, Emery; Clark, Bill; Burnell, Bob; Burnell, Pete; Green, Edward B.; Arms & armament--Tacoma--1930-1940; Artillery (Weaponry); Boys--Tacoma--1930-1940; Howitzers; Cannons; Fort Lewis (Wash.);