Colonel Thomas D. Drake and Lieutenant Phillip G. Poteet

Creator

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Identifier

20027520

Description

Colonel Thomas D. Drake, left, reads with eagerness a newspaper account of the liberation of Lieutenant Phillip G. Poteet of Fort Worth, Texas, one of the officers who was confined with him at a German prison camp in Poland. Colonel Drake, repatriated last September on account of illness, was in Fort Worth Thursday, accompanied by Lord Grenfell, a British colonel serving as a liaison officer to this country.. The two men in military uniforms are seated on a couch reading a newspaper account of the liberation. There is a small table in front of the men. Star-Telegram Evening Edition March 8, 1945

Archival Date

1946-02-16

Collection Name

Fort Worth Star-Telegram Collection

Collection Number

AR406-6-392

Original Format

Negatives, Black & White

File Format

JPG

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Subjects

Drake, Thomas D. (Col.); Poteet, Phillip G. (Lieutenant); Grenfell, Lord; Prisoners of war; Newspapers; Military uniforms; Curtains