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Veterans Day at POINT
11/12/2018
Orton J. Lamb, 93-year-old WWII veteran of the Army Air Corps, was asked to speak to students at POINT Alternative Center by Yariana Vega, 10th grade. Lamb flew a C46 transport plane over the Himalaya Mountains Christmas of 1945 with 90 other planes, and only four made it safely.

Photo by Carrie Pryor-Newman

 

Orton J. Lamb, 93-year-old WWII veteran of the Army Air Corps, was asked to speak to students at POINT Alternative Center by Yariana Vega, 10th grade. Lamb flew a C46 transport plane over the Himalaya Mountains Christmas of 1945 with 90 other planes, and only four made it safely.

 

 

Orton J. Lamb prepares to fly a C46 transport plane called Lil’ Tinker over the Himalaya Mountains while in the Army Air Corps in 1945.

 

 

Orton J. Lamb prepares to fly a C46 transport plane called Lil’ Tinker over the Himalaya Mountains while in the Army Air Corps in 1945.