Unknown Full Military Honors for Lt. LeRoi S. Williams
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09587.072 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: Roanoke, Virginia Type: Newspaper clipping Date: circa October 1943 Pagination: 2 p. ; 17.6 x 10.1 cm. Order a Copy
Two newspaper clippings. The front of the first has two black and white photographs, one is cut off at the top. The bottom one is of LeRoi Williams being lowered into the ground in a casket draped with an American flag. Text below the photo describes the scene and mentions that his mother, Cordelia Williams and his brother, Harold Hamilton Williams, were present at the burial. The text mentions that LeRoi was awarded full military honors. The second clipping has two black and white photographs from LeRoi's funeral. The reverse of the second clipping is a black and white photograph of three women.
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