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Fred Walter Vallis-Back to School in 1928!

Age: 5 Age: 5

Fred Walter Vallis

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WWII: Young Fred Walter Vallis

Age: 20 Age: 20

WWII Army Buddies/Vallis & Smith

Age: 20 Age: 20

WWII: Sergeant Fred Walter Vallis

Age: 22 Age: 22

Army Buddies WWII 546th AAA

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More Army Buddies WWII 546th AAA

Vallis & Little, Army Buddies

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Toddler Fred Vallis w/Grandma's Chickens

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In 1923, in the year that Fred Walter Vallis was born, Harlem's Cotton Club opened in New York City. Owned by a bootlegger and gangster, it was a 700 seat speakeasy that catered to a "white only" clientele. But most of the entertainers were African-American and featured some of the best entertainers of the time such as Lena Horne, the Nicholas Brothers, Ethel Waters, and Cab Calloway.

In 1932, by the time he was merely 9 years old, five years to the day after Lindbergh crossed the Atlantic, Amelia Earhart flew solo from Newfoundland to Ireland, the first woman to cross the Atlantic solo and the first to replicate Lindbergh's feat. She flew over 2,000 miles in just under 15 hours.

In 1945, he was 22 years old when on December 5th, Flight 19 was lost in the Bermuda Triangle. All five planes and 14 airmen disappeared, as did 13 crew on a plane that was dispatched to find them. The official Navy reported the disappearance as "cause unknown".

In 1956, by the time he was 33 years old, this was the year that the King of Rock and Roll, Elvis Presley, became an international sensation. He began the year as a regional favorite and ended the year with 17 recordings having been on the Billboard’s Top 100 singles chart, 11 TV appearances, and a movie. Elvis scandalized adults and thrilled teens.

In 1976, in the year of Fred Walter Vallis's passing, on August 4th, a mysterious illness struck an American Legion convention in Philadelphia. Within a week, 25 people had died and 130 people had been hospitalized. It was the first known instance of what came to be called "Legionnaires Disease."