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Photograph of Sergeant Albert Dixon being welcomed home from the Korean War, Manchester, Georgia, 1953

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Photograph captioned "The legion honored Korean prisoner Dixon during special ceremonies in Manchester recently." Sergeant Albert Dixon (right) is welcomed home after spending 30 months as a prisoner of war in Korea. Manchester, Georgia.
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Pine Mountain Regional Library

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Digital Library of Georgia

Keywords

  1. African American Veterans
  2. African Americans
  3. American Legion
  4. Ex Prisoners Of War
  5. Georgia
  6. Korean War, 1950 1953
  7. Manchester
  8. Veterans

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