The competition was open to Alaska schoolchildren between grades 7 and 12. Benson was a 13 year old student at the Jessie Lee MIssion Home in Seward. The competition was organized by the American Legion, who collected a total of 142 entries from...
Title from image. Caption reads: "5001st Air Base Group -- Ladd Air Force Base. Alaska -- June 21, 1949. Colonel Neil O. van Sickle, C.O. -- Major W.K. Roberts, Acting C.O." Panoramic photograph of the 5001st Air Base Group.