Everett D Elkins
Military
Group S-2 Officer
466th BG
Shown with a specialty constructed camera of his own design. With this camera he obtained some of the first invasion photos on D-Day. 466th Bomb Group collection
466th BG Archives
Object Number - UPL 18306 - Major Everett D. "Dale" Elkins Group S-2 Officer 466th BG Shown with a specialty constructed camera of his own design. With this camera he...
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Units served with
- Unit Hierarchy: Group
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
- Type Category: Bombardment
- Unit Hierarchy: Headquarters
- Air Force: Eighth Air Force
Places
- Site type: Airfield
- Known as: Attlebridge Arsenal, Station 120
Events
| Event | Location | Date | Description |
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Born |
Cleveland, TN | 16 June 1912 | |
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Died |
Tucson, AZ | 6 December 2011 | Colonel Everett Dale Elkins USAF retired passed away at the age of 99 on December 6, 2011 at his home in Tucson. Dale was born in Cleveland, Tennessee on June 16, 1912. Colonel Elkins was an Air Force Officer who first spent five years in the National Guard and Regular Army. In 1942, Dale volunteered for WWII from Hollywood, California, as a Buck Private and managed to work his way to a full Colonel in the USAF. He and his friend, William Holden, went together to volunteer for the service. Dale participated in and received ribbons from three wars for his air and ground work: WWII, Korean War and Vietnam War. Dale is credited with two flights on "D Day". He was awarded the Bronze Star for that action because his photographs were sent home on the first day from England to the New York Times. Colonel Elkins fought hard to annihilate Hitler. He was there at Check Point Charlie and managed to get out. The Colonel was a friend of Syngman Rhee, First President of South Korea. He was awarded the Gold Star for saving many Korean lives during the Korean War. His intelligence work in both wars was highly classified and did not appear for public use. Dale was a well respected professional photographer before joining the then, Army Air Corps. Dale gave thanks to the News and Publishing business in which he spent so much of his early career and experienced many days of happiness. He was a friend of Ansel Adams and Edward Weston. At the time of his death, his loving, devoted wife, Thelma Ann Elkins, was at his side. They were married in the middle of WWII and she has been with him almost every day that he was not away at war. They considered themselves to be extremely lucky people to have been together for so long. Colonel Elkins asks us all to be sure that when some other war comes, "use your head and skip it!". - See more at: http://www.legacy.com/obituaries/tucson/obituary.aspx?pid=155260980#sthash.pmdJ3x3H.dpuf |
| Hollywood, Los Angeles, CA, USA | 4118 Garthwaite |
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Sources
Drawn from the records of the National Museum of the Mighty Eighth Air Force, Savannah, Georgia / Unit roster in the book ATTLEBRIDGE ARSENAL by Wassom & Brassfield, p345
