FORT HUACHUCA, ARIZONA - U.S. Army
Account in the Glendale Monitor reports on Tom's visit to the local school while he was on leave from duty at Fort Huachuca. The note at the top was written by Mrs. Richardson to Tom's mother, Ada. Ada Turner worked and catered for the Richardson's and other families in Glendale.
Article in The Apache Sentinel features Tom as one of the post's "outstanding athletes." It mentions a win in Nogales, Mexico and also gives a couple of lines to Tom's sister, Hattie, who was a 1944 national track and field champion and held the world's record for the women's discus and baseball throws.
Article from The Apache Sentinel, the post newspaper, features the SCU baseball team as "Champions of Southern Arizona and cites stats of total scores of 60 runs to every 5 of its opponents. Tom is listed as captain, seated first row, far right.
Well known entertainer and actor Lena Horne enchants the SCU baseball team on a visit to Fort Huachuca in 1944. Tom is standing on the far left, hands on hips, in front of the microphone where he introduced Ms. Horne.
A few of the SCU team pose for a photo in uniform with a commanding officer. The article on the left discusses an anti-discrimination law in New York State that caused major league baseball to hire Jackie Robinson two years later in 1947.
