U.S. Army Air Corps SGT. Louis Sleeper, a World War II veteran, sits at the Meet a Hero table during the Aerospace and Arizona Days Air Show at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base, Ariz., on April 2, 2005. He was a B-17 Flying Fortress bomber aircraft ball turret gunner from 1942-1945 and he was also a Prisoner-Of-War (POW) for six months. (U.S. Air Force PHOTO by AIRMAN 1ST Class Jesse Shipps)(Released)
Summary
The original finding aid described this photograph as:
Base: Davis-Monthan Air Force Base
State: Arizona (AZ)
Country: United States Of America (USA)
Scene Camera Operator: A1C Jesse Shipps, USAF
Release Status: Released to Public
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