Ex-prisoners of war, Lonoke, Ark., December 12, 1964 [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1964.

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Ex-prisoners of war, Lonoke, Ark., December 12, 1964 [graphic] / Ernie Deane [photographer]. 1964.

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Negative taken for December 17, 1964, Arkansas Gazette article "They Remember Confusion, Brutality, Irony," B1:2. At the Arkansas chapter of American Ex-prisoners of War, a national organization, at Lonoke, Lonoke County, Arkansas, four Arkansas World War II prisoners of War shared their memories. From left to right, John Baskin of Clarksville, Johnson County, Arkansas, is a survivor of the Bataan "death march;" Adolph. S. (Snick) Bajorek of North Little Rock, Pulaski County, Arkansas, Pat Wheat III, and R.W. Smith of Hughes Springs, Cass County, Texas, all became Japanese prisoners upon the surrender of Corregidor Island and sent to Palawan Island.

1 negative : b&w ; 6 x 6 cm. (2 x 2 in.)

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Deane, Ernie

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Bajorek, A. S. (Aldolph S.), 1913-1988.

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Smith, R. W. (Rufus W.)

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Wheat, Pat H.

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Baskin, John, 1914-1986.

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American Ex-Prisoners of War, inc.

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Arkansas History Commission

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The Arkansas History Commission was created by the General Assembly in 1905. Inspired and guided during its early years by John Hugh Reynolds, the commission is the official archives of the state, responsible for collecting and preserving the source materials of the history of Arkansas. From the description of Arkansas History Commission records, 1905-1984 [microform]. (Arkansas History Commission). WorldCat record id: 244818119 ...