Original 1947 Associated Press wire photo showing an honor guard standing watch over the flag-draped caskets aboard the Army Transport Joseph V. Connolly at the Brooklyn Army Base before unloading began. The ship carried the remains of 6,251 American World War II dead returned from Europe and Newfoundland. Mounted on black archival paper with the original AP caption printed directly on the photograph. Measures approximately 6¾ x 9 inches. Light edge wear, corner wear, age toning, and mounting wear consistent with age. From the archive of a Pittsburgh area newspaper.
