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Personnel Order No. 186, dated August 5, 1942, from the Headquarters of the Army Air Forces, War Department, Washington DC. This memo certifies that Second Lieutenant Dewey Glenn Hooper is rated as a pilot in the Army Air Forces

This is a photograph of U.S. Army Air Forces Captain Carl Silber, pictured with a kangaroo. Capt. Silber was a USAAF pilot and one of the passengers on the "Texas Terror", the B-24 which was being co-piloted by Dewey Hooper, Elon class of 1940. …

This is a photograph of B-24 Liberator Bombers at the Iron Range Air Strip, Queensland, Australia, in 1942.

This is a photograph of Dewey Hooper in a photography lab or darkroom, possibly taken at Elon College. Photographer unknown; photo is somewhat faded.

Photograph of single tombstone for victims of B-24 Bomber crash on Mt. Straloch, Australia in Fort McPherson National Cemetery, Maxwell, Nebraska; casualties of crash included 2nd Lt. Dewey G. Hooper, Elon class of 1940. Photo is close-up of single…

Photograph of section of Ft. McPherson National Cemetery that has a single tombstone for victims of B-24 Bomber crash on Mt. Straloch, Australia; casualties of crash included 2nd Lt. Dewey G. Hooper, Elon class of 1940. Photo shows tombstone from…

Honorable Discharge Certificate from United States Army for Dewey Hooper, so that he could accept an officer's commission in the U.S. Army Air Force Reserve, dated August 4, 1942.

This is a portrait of Dewey Hooper taken in 1942, after he had completed his flight training and been commissioned as an officer in the U.S. Army Air Forces at the Advanced Flying School at Turner Air Field (later Turner Air Force Base), Albany,…

Discharge Certificate for Dewey Hooper from North Carolina National Guard, 1939

Certificate showing Dewey Hooper's promotion to Corporal in the Corps of Aviation Cadets at the Southeast Air Corps Training Center, Maxwell Field, Alabama while training for the U.S. Army Air Corps.