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NH 97191 Operation "Little Switch", April 1953

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Title: Operation "Little Switch", April 1953
Description: Photo #: NH 97191 Operation Little Switch, April 1953 Repatriated Americans at Panmunjom Thomas H. Waddill, HM3, USN, is given communion by Navy Chaplain Lcdr. E. Vaughn Lyons in Freedom Village, Korea, shortly after his repatriation from the Communists. Waddill, a Navy corpsman serving with the 5th Regiment of the First Marine Division, was captured by the Communists on March 26, 1953, in the Vegas Hill action. ... Photograph and caption were released by Commander Naval Forces, Far East, under date of 25 April 1953. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, from the All Hands collection at the Naval History and Heritage Command.
Catalog #: NH 97191
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