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Source Collection
Memphis Press-Scimitar newspaper morgue, Special Collections Department, University of Memphis Libraries
Identifier
sc.0475.80073.008
Description
Memphis Technical High School ROTC Lieutenant Marvin Luther Spruill salutes the memory of his uncle and namesake at the Doughboy statue honoring those who died serving in World War I in Overton Park, Memphis, on November 10, 1939. Spruill served as a captain in the U.S. Army Air Forces and died in 1971.
Date Created
6-28-2021
Date
1939-11-10
Recommended Citation
"Armistice Day salute, Memphis, 1939" (2021). Memphis. 16.
https://digitalcommons.memphis.edu/speccoll-mss-mpressscimitar5/16
Keywords
Armistice Day--United States--Tennessee--Memphis.
