Original 1947 AP wire photo showing U.S. Army officers crossing the Sungari River in Central Manchuria to rescue two American military attachés held prisoner by Chinese Communists for fifty-five days. The caption identifies several participants, including Colonel Edward Cowan, Lieutenant Colonel David D. Barrett and U.S. Consul O. Edmund Clubb. The separate caption and photo are matted together beneath the same piece of paper. Measures approximately 7¾" × 7¼" overall. Shows expected age-related wear. From the archive of a Pittsburgh-area newspaper.
