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This is a photograph of the American delegation to a dedication ceremony of a memorial to the crew of the Texas Terror, a B-24 Bomber which crashed into Mt. Straloch on Hichinbrook Island, Queensland, Australia, on December 18, 1942, killing all…

This is a collage, a photograph of four items from the Dewey Hooper Collection: a portrait of Hooper in uniform; his 1940 Elon College class ring in display box; Dewey's pilot wings; and his Elon College duffel bag, which forms the background of the…

This is an image of page 72 of the 1937 Phi Psi Cli yearbook of Elon College; Dewey G, Hooper is the first picture in the second row.

This is a photograph of an Eversharp ink pen recovered from Dewey Hooper's B-24 Liberator Bomber, which crashed in Australia in December 1942. Eversharp was a brand of writing implements manufactured by Keenan & Co. of Chicago from 1913 until the…

This is a photograph of part of the handle of the co-pilot's control wheel recovered from Dewey Hooper's B-24 Liberator Bomber, which crashed in Australia in December 1942. This mechanism was used to steer the aircraft.

This is a photograph of a metal fragment that was part of Dewey Hooper's B-24 Liberator Bomber, which crashed in Australia in December 1942. The fragment is steel and is twisted with jagged edges. Painted on the fragment is the following…

This is a photograph of a fifty caliber bullet case recovered from the wreckage of Dewey Hooper's B-24 Liberator Bomber, which crashed in Australia in December 1942. The metallic case is twisted and has jagged edges. The actual bullet or projectile…

This is a photograph of a metal identification tag recovered from Dewey Hooper's B-24 Liberator, which crashed in Australia in December 1942. The tag is oval-shaped and was on a device produced by the Stromberg Company, a manufacturer of electrical…

This is a photograph of a metal watch case back (a watch case contains the watch mechanism). This piece of stainless steel was recovered from Dewey Hooper's B-24 Liberator Bomber, which crashed in Australia in December 1942. The piece is about the…

This is a photograph of a compass recovered from the wreckage of Dewey Hooper's B-24 Liberator Bomber, which crashed in Australia in December 1942. This is a hand-held compass with a metal cover.