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President Harry S. Truman with Corporal Charles Farber

2005-10
Accession Number
2005-10
7.5x9.5 inches
Black & White
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NAID 350375822
Keywords
Presidents
Veterans
Korean War, 1950-1953
HST Keywords
Truman - Veterans (with) - Farber, Corporal Charles; Harvey, Captain Raymond (ref. to)
People Pictured
Truman, Harry S., 1884-1972
Rights

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Credit:
Arthur Marasco
U.S. Army Signal Corps

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description

President Harry S. Truman (left) shakes hands with former Corporal Charles Farber of Altoona, Pennsylvania. Farber, pictured with his fiancée, Helen Baker, is the once unknown Corporal "X" who saved the life of Medal of Honor winner Captain Raymond Harvey after Harvey had been critically wounded on the Korean battlefront. From: Arthur Marasco.

Date(s)
February 8, 1952