1947 AP wire photo documents the return of American World War II dead to Columbus, Ohio, on October 16. Uniformed honor guard members remove flag-draped shipping cases containing caskets from railway cars at the Columbus General Distribution Center. The caption reports that this first shipment carried 132 bodies and that the remains of 189 Pacific war dead were expected the following day. The separate typed AP caption is mounted below the photo on the same piece of black archival paper. Overall size is 6⅞ x 6⅝ inches. From the archive of a Pittsburgh area newspaper. Yellowed tape secures corners of the photo and caption. Light scratches and scuffs are visible on the image, with minor corner and edge wear and fading to the caption.
