Wright Brothers Photographs
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Item Identifier Number
ms1_25_1_2
Creation Date
12-6-1934
Collection
MS-1: Wright Brothers Collection
Description
General Albert J. Bowley presents the Distinguished Flying Cross to Major William E. Kepner. Major Kepner received the medal for gallantry in remaining with the plunging wreckage of his National Geographic Society-Army Air Corps stratosphere balloon until just before it crashed in a Nebraska cornfield.
Publisher Repository
Special Collections and Archives; Wright State University Libraries
Digital Publisher
Digital Services Department; Wright State University Libraries
Document Type
Image
Media Type
Photographic print, black and white
Permissions
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Date Digital
3-4-2003
Digitization Specification
AGFA DuoScan T2000 XL
Spatial Coverage
Dayton, Ohio
Keywords
ms1_25_1_2; Orville Wright and Groups; Kepner, William E., 1893-1982; Military bases; Bowley, Albert Jesse, 1875-1945; United States. Army--Ceremonies; Stevens, A. W. (Albert William), 1886-1949; Distinguished Flying Cross (Medal); Wright Field (Ohio)
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