“Hero is Home, Parro Clan Marks Yule, Thanksgiving”
Item
Title
“Hero is Home, Parro Clan Marks Yule, Thanksgiving”
Description
This article, titled “Hero is Home, Parro Clan Marks Yule, Thanksgiving,” appears in the World War II scrapbook. It includes a photo of Captain Don Parro captioned "Hero Comes Home-- Capt. Don Parro 8133 Champlain av., veteran of 51 flight missions." Capt. Parro, age 23, had already piloted 51 missions over Italy and Africa. The article covers the family of Mrs. Genevieve Parro, whose six sons were all together again for the first time in two years. The other sons were in the air force, the Aviation Cadet Board, and one assigned "to the ASTP of the dental school at Loyola University." Two more sons, Vincent, 16, and William, 14, were students at Loyola Academy and hoping to enter the Air Forces.
Date, date span, or circa acceptable
1940s
File name
University Archives and Special Collections, World War II Scrapbook, “Hero is Home, Parro Clan Marks Yule, Thanksgiving” article with photograph,
Sources archive, University Archives and Special Collections or Women and Leadership Archives
University Archives and Special Collections
Source
University Archives and Special Collections, World War II Scrapbook, “Hero is Home, Parro Clan Marks Yule, Thanksgiving” article with photograph,
Subject
Loyola University Chicago
World War II
Rights
Contact the Loyola University Chicago Archives and Special Collections, archive@luc.edu, for permission to copy or publish.
