Mission Inn International Shrine of the Birdmen St. Francis Medal

GLC09620.421

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GLC#
GLC09620.421-View header record
Type
Objects
Date
1945
Author/Creator
Mission Inn International Shrine of the Birdmen
Title
St. Francis Medal
Place Written
Riverside, California
Pagination
1 medal Height: 3.5 cm, Width: 3.5 cm
Primary time period
1945 to the Present
Sub-Era
World War II

One St. Francis Medal owned by Robert L. Stone. The medal was carried by Stone on all of his bombing missions during World War II. During training at March Field, Bob and a fellow cadet drove to the Mission Inn in Riverside, California there was an international shrine of the birdmen. Once there they received the St. Francis medals. The medal is worn along the edges and on the rear as a result of Bob rubbing and carrying the medal on every mission and every airplane flight after returning home.

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