The Snapshots in Time Collection
AP Wire Photo Newspaper Clipping - 'Rescued from Japs', Five Servicemen Including George Franck, Graham Smith, and Ted Lyons, Southwest Pacific WWII
A wartime Associated Press news clipping reporting the rescue of five American servicemen after a fighter plane crash in the waters of the Southwest Pacific. The group notably included two former professional athletes - 1940 college football All-American George Franck and Chicago White Sox pitcher Ted Lyons - reflecting how sports figures' wartime service captured public attention during World War II. Project: 218163