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Description
9 images. Korea war veterans on United Nations tour...at Red Cross Center, 19 November 1951. Mrs. H. B. K. Willis, Red Cross Blood Recruitment Chairman Robert E. Stone, blind man giving blood Arline McVeigh, nurse Captain Kim Sung Yong, South Korean Sara Heum, Hostess Denise Earle, Hostess Corporal Charles Coremans, from Belgium Mrs. Marion Morgan, donating blood Commandant Johann P. D. Blaauw, South Africa Frank M. Moss, Petty Officer, England Private Naci Altiner, Turkey Argus L. Rowe, United States Navy. Caption slip reads: "Photographer: Lapp. Date: 11-19. Reporter: Parker. Assignment: Korea Vets. at Red Cross Center. 39, 40: Capt. Kim Sung Yong (from Korea) Sara Heun (Hostess) Denise Earle (Hostess) Cpl. Charles Coremans from Belgium. 2, 4: Shots of procession on freeway". Supplementary material reads: "Vets at Blood Bank. L to R: Mrs. Marion E. Morgan, on table, donating her 6th pint of blood at Red Cross Center. Looking on, left to right: Commandant Johann P.D. Blaauw (So. Africa) Petty Off. 1st Class Frank M. Moss (England) Capt. Kim Sung Yong (Air Force, Republic of Korea) Pvt. Naci Altiner (Turkey) and Chief Machinist's Mate Argus L. Rowe (US Navy)". Other supplementary material reads: "This is an Examiner Exclusive. Blind Man gives blood. L to R, standing: Argus L. Rowe, USN, chief machinist's mate. Mrs. HBK Willis, Red Cross blood recruitment chairman, and Pvt. Naci Altiner (Turkey). Seated: Robert F. Stone (blind) and Nurse Arline McVeigh. Stone was in Korea, Manchuria and China during WW II but was not blinded in combat. Loss eyesight in accident after discharge from US Navy".
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image
Format
9 photographs : negatives, b&w 10 x 13 cm. negatives (photographic) photographs
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