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Photograph caption dated January 1, 1951 reads, "Cpl. Robert Stewart Gray, 21-year-old Marine wounded in Korea, sits in the grand marshal's car in which Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower would have ridden if he hadn't received European assignment. Ike suggested a GI replace him, and Gray, invalided home, 18 days ago, was picked to ride in marshal's car." The event that Cpl. Gray participated in was the 62 annual Tournament of Roses Parade in Pasadena, Calif.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;16 x 20 cm. Photographic prints
Tournament of Roses Automobiles--California--Pasadena Spectators--California--Pasadena Parades--California--Pasadena Crowds--California--Pasadena Roses--California--Pasadena Men--California--Pasadena Veterans--United States Marines--United States Pasadena (Calif.) Valley Times Collection photographs Portrait photographs
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