VISIT OF AMERICAN AIRMEN TO SHAKESPEARE'S COUNTRY [Main]

The visit was organised by the Birmingham and District Professions and General Trades Fund for the Wounded. Outside Queen's College, Birmingham, Major-General Higgins (?) inspects the Americans who parade through the streets led by a band and a large dog as mascot. They then arrive in Stratford in a convoy of cars and two lorries draped with the US flag. The Mayor of Stratford addresses them at a …