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Whitaker, Dean, 1925-
William Dean Whitaker was born in 1925 and raised in a suburb of Los Angeles,
California. Dean, as he is known, talks briefly about his parents and his brothers, for his youth quickly ended when he joined the Air Force and became an aviation cadet once he had turned 18 years old. The year was 1943 and World War II was raging. He became a member of the 398 th Bomb Group and flew twenty missions before being captured by the Germans.
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T-Shirt Color: Red; Front: Station 1900, Fire Dept. Emblem W/ Fire Equipment; Back: Serving With Pride Station Center Pigeon Fire & Rescue, Fire Dept. Emblem W/ Fire Equipment; Handwritten Text: Various Names: "Spark Plug" Tina Yarborough #1968; James Y.; Ronnie Moore; Johnny Pless; Franky Otts; Dee Massey; Brandon Hooper; Mark Y., approximately 2001-2012
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Archival Collection
Collection Name: New York-New York Hotel and Casino 9-11 Heroes Tribute Collection
Box/Folder: Box 382
Archival Component
Grant Snow oral history interview
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Oral history interview with Grant Snow conducted by Elizabeth Nelson Patrick on November 16, 1982 for the Ralph Roske Oral History Project on Early Las Vegas. In this interview, Snow discusses arriving to St. Thomas, Nevada in 1925. Snow also describes teaching in St. Thomas, the significance of mines to the region, and increase of local businesses.
Archival Collection
Ralph Denton in military uniform, portrait: photographic print
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Archival Collection
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