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Title	Arthur Bluethenthal
Description	Photograph of Arthur Bluethenthal in uniform. Arthur Bluethenthal (1891-1918) was born in Wilmington, NC. He attended Princeton University where he was a first team All-American football player in 1911. Bluethenthal joined the American Ambulance Field Service in 1916 and the Lafayette Flying Corps, Escadrille 227 as a bomber pilot in 1918. He was the first North Carolinian killed in action during World War I. In 1921, Bluethenthal's body was brought home to Wilmington and interred in Oakdale Cemetery. The Wilmington airport was renamed Bluethenthal Field in his honor on Memorial Day 1928.
Subject	Veterans of World War I of the U.S.A.; France. Armée. Escadrille Lafayette; Football players
Format	black-and-white photograph
Identifier	00.346
Source	Fisher, R.H. Biographical Sketches of Wilmington Citizens. Wilmington: Wilmington Stamp and Printing Company, 1929.
Publisher	New Hanover County Public Library
Rights	Copyright is owned by the New Hanover County Public Library. For commercial or other use, permission must be granted.
Type	Image

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