Billy Conn boxing at Yarnfield

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Date:1945

Description:America professional light heavyweight Billy Conn (left) with Sergeant Lee.

Billy Conn (1917-1993), ‘The Pittsburgh Kid’, was a popular champion boxer, famous for his fights with Joe Louis. He visited Yarnfield as part of a tour to boost morale amongst American troops stationed in Europe.

An image from the 'Yarnfield Yank', a booklet published in 1945 to commemorate the presence of US Army personnel at transit camps in Yarnfield, near Stone during World War II. The camps at Yarnfield were designated by the US Army as Army Air Force Reinforcement Depot, AAF Station 594.

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