The Snapshots in Time Collection
Newspaper Clipping: 'Valley Airman Dies In Korea Crash Killing 10; Fresnan Is Saved' – Fresno Bee, Korean War
This 1950s Fresno Bee newspaper clipping reports the loss of a Navy PBM patrol bomber that ditched off the Korean coast, killing ten of fourteen crewmen. Such articles brought the human cost of the Korean War home to local communities, memorializing sailors like Fresno-area natives Charles F. Lynch and Joseph O. Smith. Project: 218158