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The Welcome Home

63-1175-10
Accession Number
63-1175-10
8x10 inches (21x26 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 348303569
Related Collection
Pace, Frank, Jr. Papers
Keywords
Crowds
Korean War, 1950-1953
Parades
Soldiers
Vehicles, Military
Rights

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Credit:
Hanns E. Rau
U.S. Army

Harry S. Truman Library & Museum.

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Description
Unidentified soldiers accept well-wishes from the crowd as they ride in a military vehicle in a parade through the streets of Seattle, Washington. The soldiers are among over 1,500 combat veterans of the Korean War who just returned to the United States. All others are unidentified.
Date(s)
May 5, 1951