"Brown Bomber" Joe Louis Visits Camp Howze
Item
- Title
- "Brown Bomber" Joe Louis Visits Camp Howze
- Description
- Famous Joe Louis visited Camp Howze on November 25th, 1943. An exhibition match was held as well as a cookout and other festivities on camp for the occasion.
- Date
- 1943-11-25
- Source
- Russo, E. Manne. Camp Howze Howitzer (Camp Howze, Tex.), Vol. 2, No. 13, Ed. 1 Friday, November 12, 1943, newspaper, November 12, 1943; Camp Howze, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1407196/m1/1/?q=date:1943-1943%20Joe%20louis: accessed April 4, 2022), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Cooke County Library.
- Subject
- Joe Louis
- Army
- Entertainer
- Boxer
- African American
- Site pages
- Famous faces of Camp Howze
