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For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Colonel Joseph Laughlin in the Service of the Army Air Corps Subject The topic of the resource Colonel Joseph Laughlin's time spent as a service member of the Army Air Corps Description An account of the resource From his acceptance into the Flying Cadet Program to the re-designation of the Army Air Corps as the United States Air Force, Colonel Joseph Laughlin built up experience as an excellent pilot, commander, and leader. The items contained in this collection apply to Colonel Joseph Laughlin's career within the Army Air Corps. They span his prewar service, his war service, and the year following his war service in which the Army Air Corps had not yet been re-designated as the United States Air Force. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1939-1946 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived National Museum of the United States Air Force National Museum of the United States Air Force - Research Division The Estate of the late Colonel Joseph Laughlin The C.R. Laughlin family Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available United States Air Force The Estate of the late Colonel Joseph Laughlin The C.R. Laughlin family Still Image A static visual representation. Examples include paintings, drawings, graphic designs, plans and maps. Recommended best practice is to assign the type Text to images of textual materials. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource September 23, 1944 1930s Title A name given to the resource A Surrendered German Officer's Pistol and Memorandum of Presentation Subject The topic of the resource Colonel Joseph Laughlin received a pistol from a German Officer after nearly 20,000 troops surrendered Description An account of the resource The XIX Tactical Air Command (TAC) were very effective in their missions to bomb and disrupt the German lines, especially the P-47s in the 362nd Fighter Group. Upon the surrender of German troops at the Beaugency Bridge in France, officers handed over their pistols in capitulation. In recognition of his groups' successes, General Otto Weyland had one of the officer's pistols sent to Colonel Laughlin. 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Title A name given to the resource Colonel Joseph Laughlin in the Service of the Army Air Corps Subject The topic of the resource Colonel Joseph Laughlin's time spent as a service member of the Army Air Corps Description An account of the resource From his acceptance into the Flying Cadet Program to the re-designation of the Army Air Corps as the United States Air Force, Colonel Joseph Laughlin built up experience as an excellent pilot, commander, and leader. The items contained in this collection apply to Colonel Joseph Laughlin's career within the Army Air Corps. They span his prewar service, his war service, and the year following his war service in which the Army Air Corps had not yet been re-designated as the United States Air Force. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1939-1946 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived National Museum of the United States Air Force National Museum of the United States Air Force - Research Division The Estate of the late Colonel Joseph Laughlin The C.R. Laughlin family Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available United States Air Force The Estate of the late Colonel Joseph Laughlin The C.R. Laughlin family Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Colonel Joseph Laughlin Receives a Nazi Officer's Pistol Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived National Museum of the United States Air Force - Research Division Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available United States Air Force Subject The topic of the resource A newspaper article confirming that Colonel Laughlin received a pistol from a Nazi Officer Description An account of the resource An unknown newspaper announcing that Colonel Laughlin would be receiving a German Officer's pistol. The pistol was one of thousands turned over when 20,000 German soldiers surrendered, a feat Colonel Laughlin and the 362nd were credited with helping to do. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1945 362nd Fighter Group Colonel Joseph Laughlin Germany Nazi Officer pistol surrendered