Crime U.S. Bombing World’s Fair 1940 Police Injured
Crime U.S. Bombing World’s Fair 1940 Police Injured
New York City detective Frederick Morelock has his left shoulder patched up at flushing hospital on July 5, 1940, after a piece of metal from a bomb which exploded on July 4 at the New York world?s fair tore into his flesh without his feeling it. Morelock was in the group of policemen removing the bomb from the British Pavilion and had stepped away to report to a superior when the bomb went off killing two policemen and injuring four others. He said on July 5, he didn?t know he had a wound until he took off his shirt. (AP Photo/Lindsa)