2003.1.145

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26-Mar-73
10 in HIGH x 8 in WIDE
(25.40 cm HIGH x 20.32 cm WIDE)
The Oakland Tribune Collection, the Oakland Museum of California. Gift of ANG Newspapers.
2003.1.145






Image shows Alvarez in uniform sitting in the back of a convertible waving at the crowd lined streets. The caption pasted to the back reads, "Lt. Cmdr. Everett Alvarez Jr. receives a Hero's Welcom. More than 80,000 persons turned out to honor former prisoner of war."

Alvarez was the longest held POW of the Vietnam War, at 8.5 years

Used: Oakland Tribune

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