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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 57 of the 1939 Phi Psi Cli Yearbook from Elon College; Dewey G. Hooper is the first picture in the third row.

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 plaque located inside Alumni Memorial Gymnasium on the campus of Elon University. The Gymnasium is dedicated to the memory of Elon students and alumni who were killed in World War I and World War II. When the gym (often simply…

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 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…