1942 Jim Lorang, Blessing Before Battle
Jim served in several harrowing battle fronts in the Pacific as Radar man.
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Photos for 1926-1968. Used to match photo posts to photo gallery pages.
Jim served in several harrowing battle fronts in the Pacific as Radar man.
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Photo by Henry Lorang. Henry Lorang didn’t always use his father John’s camera and here is an example, but it’s an interesting photo.
Photo by Henry Lorang, before leaving for service in the Navy. Jim loved working with radios from an early age. He entered the Navy and manned the Radar Station aboard ship in several severe Pacific battles, including Iwo Jima and Okinawaw. Later in his 50’s he worked with NASA on the radar team for the
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Photo by Joan Lorang. Henry’s third son, John, enlists in WWII. He never made it overseas, but they didn’t know this at the time. Henry Lorang on left. Below it a journal entry for this day from Henry. It’s start out with “Goom-bye John”. I wonder if this was something John would say as a
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Army Air Force photo. Bob love to fly and he was extremely happy to finally get his wings. But Christmas 1945 was his last visit home. Lost in the Sea of Japan May 16, 1946, leaving wife Chris and his baby daughter Lynne.
Photo by Henry Lorang. Henry did what he could to work the fields while both Bob and Jim were in the service. John and Joan and hired hands helped as best they could with an old combine that was just purchased, built in the 1930’s.
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Photo by Henry Lorang, taken in Clarkston, WA.
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Henry and Marguerite Lorang’s 5th child.
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When John and Mary Lorang first arrived in the West, they rented a cabin in Colton, WA in 1884. Here they shared the cabin with Mary and Sebastian Dahm. Both women were pregnant at the time. Here they are again in 1927; remaining life long friends.
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