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Tuskegee Army Air Field Hawks Cry

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09587.218 Author/Creator: Tuskegee Army Air Field Place Written: Tuskegee, Alabama Type: Pamphlet Date: 14 July 1945 Pagination: 1 v; 12 p. ; 26.75 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Vol IV, No. 12 issue of Hawks Cry, a student newspaper at the Tuskegee Army Air Field. Front page features an article about "Roger," a musical co-written by James T. Williams which, according to the article, stimulated the sale of half a million war bonds in Virginia. "TAAF Crier" on page nine mentions that Mr. and Mrs. James T. Williams had a baby girl. The back page contains space for filling out an address form to send a copy to someone else. The form has been addressed to "Miss E. Geraldine Williams" (James T. Williams' sister). The return address on the form is that of "Lt. J.T. Williams".

Williams, James T. II (1914-1966)
Twitty, Geraldine Williams, 1930-

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