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— Air Corps I ’hotoLieutenant Delbert WongThe scene is the Dorchester hotel of London, one of the best hostelries In the great city. The decorations are gold braid worn by high British and foreign officers. In the crowd of notables is AnthonyEden, the British home secretary#There are many other importantpersonages pre?• ent.Finally there appears at the reception line a young, second lieu-ten a n t. The se r v a n t announcing the guests calls out his name in hvoice and Delbert Wong, of Bakersfield and the Army Air Force in England is introduced.With real American humor Delbert enjoyed the contrast between the swank of the London reception anti his trip to the party. When he wangled leave at his air base where he is serving as a navigator on a Fortress, he started off for London hitchhiking and finally got a lift on a British army truck loaded with beer. Delbert sat on a beer keg on his way to the reception.Lady “Journalist'9While Lieutenant Wong was at the party he was interviewed by a lady “journalist’’ of the DailySketch.Wong writes that prices in London are about the same as those in San Francisco and that good food is available in the hotels and restaurants.Thg young lieutenant is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Earl Wong of this city and has already been on numerous raids and ^missions from England. 1 le was commissionedas a. navigator July of 1943.
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Bakersfield Californian
Bakersfield, California, US
Sat, Feb 26, 1944
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