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Pfc. Fletcher On Way Home

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24
Month
August
Year
1953
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Released POW On Way Home

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Day
20
Month
August
Year
1953
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POW Cables He's On Way Home

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Day
12
Month
August
Year
1953
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Third Area Serviceman On Red Prisoner List

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Day
20
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December
Year
1951
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Eugene C. Beatty Greets Korean War Vet Robert W. Fletcher, August 1953

Eugene C. Beatty Greets Korean War Vet Robert W. Fletcher, August 1953 image
Year:
1953
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 26, 1953
Caption:
NERVOUS BUT HAPPY: Thin and slightly nervous, but very happy, is Pfc. Robert W. Fletcher of Ypsilanti (left), first Washtenaw county prisoner of war to be returned from a North Korean prison camp. Here he converses with Eugene C. Beatty (right), principal of Ypsilanti's Harriet School, while his mother, Mrs. Mae Woodson (left), looks on. Friends and relatives surround Fletcher, who was formally welcomed in ceremonies this morning in front of the American Legion Post 408 Home on Worden St.

Welcoming Ceremony for Korean War Vet Robert W. Fletcher, August 1953

Welcoming Ceremony for Korean War Vet Robert W. Fletcher, August 1953 image
Year:
1953
Published In:
Ann Arbor News, August 26, 1953
Caption:
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.