1947 AP wire photo pairs a portrait of Pvt. Stephan C. Lautenbach with his mother, Mrs. Udya C. Podoloff of New Haven, Connecticut, seated with a framed photograph of him. The September 6 caption says the War Department had officially closed his case, but Podoloff planned to ask Secretary of War Kenneth C. Royall, through her attorney, to examine records she believed showed her son was missing rather than dead. The paired images capture her continuing search after World War II. The separate typed caption accompanies the 7⅞ x 6 inch photo. Tape remains on the corners, with corner wear and a noticeable mark on her face. From the archive of a Pittsburgh area newspaper.
