Welcoming Ceremony for Korean War Vet Robert W. Fletcher, August 1953
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Ann Arbor News, August 26, 1953
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EX-POW RETURNS: Ypsilanti American Legion officers, city officials and neighbors assembled in front of the Post 408 Legion Home on Worden St. this morning in an official welcoming ceremony for Pfc. Robert W. Fletcher. Fletcher returned home last night after nearly three years' confinement in a North Korean prison camp. In foreground (left to right): Fletcher (capless, in uniform); his mother, Mrs. Mae Woodson; his sister, Mrs. Christine Ellison; City Manager N. G. Damoose; and James N. Davis, commander of Legion Post 408. In the welcoming banner, "Purdy" is Fletcher's nickname.
Ann Arbor News, August 26, 1953
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EX-POW RETURNS: Ypsilanti American Legion officers, city officials and neighbors assembled in front of the Post 408 Legion Home on Worden St. this morning in an official welcoming ceremony for Pfc. Robert W. Fletcher. Fletcher returned home last night after nearly three years' confinement in a North Korean prison camp. In foreground (left to right): Fletcher (capless, in uniform); his mother, Mrs. Mae Woodson; his sister, Mrs. Christine Ellison; City Manager N. G. Damoose; and James N. Davis, commander of Legion Post 408. In the welcoming banner, "Purdy" is Fletcher's nickname.
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1953
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August
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