Hugh "Buddy" Connor (1925-1944)
Item Information
- Title:
- Hugh "Buddy" Connor (1925-1944)
- Description:
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Lancaster's young Buddy Connor fell to sniper fire during World War II on the Isle of Saipan in the Pacific theater on July 26, 1944. In 1948, his body was among the 3,200 war dead brought home on the U.S. Army transport Walter H. Schwenk. Before final burial in Eastwood Cemetery, his body was put in the town hall to lie in state, the only Lancaster citizen to have been so honored.
- Date:
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[ca. 1942–1944]
- Format:
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Photographs
- Genre:
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Portrait photographs
- Location:
- Lancaster Historical Society
- Collection (local):
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Photo Archives of the Lancaster (MA) Historical Society
- Subjects:
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Military personnel
World War, 1939-1945
- Places:
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MassachusettsWorcester (county)Lancaster
- Extent:
- 1 photograph
- Permalink:
- https://ark.digitalcommonwealth.org/ark:/50959/02871g310
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