Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: STRATFORD, Jim
Event Date: 1973-03-26
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.283157

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, typed label: Repatriated Vietnam P.OW., Col. Normal Gaddis, roughly treated in captivity / because he was the ranking P.O.W. for six years, receives a kiss from an admirer. / The Colonel was greeted by family and friends and well-wishers at his hometown / Smith-Reynolds Airport, Winston-Salem, N.C. March 26, 1973. Many of the / well-wishers had worn P.O.W. bracelets with Col. Gaddis’ name on them and presented / them to him by the dozen.; stamped: CREDIT PHOTO TO / JIM STRATFORD; stamped: [star shape] / Credit: / from BLACK STAR; handwritten: file Vietnam POW; typed label: OMC04STRA0001 01 / [copyright] 2000 Jim Stratford / Black Star (212) 679-3288; typed label: Winston-Salem, N.C. (March 26, 1973) / Many of the well-wishers had worn P.O.W. bracelets with Col. / Gaddis’ name on them and presented them to him by the dozen

Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: MILITARY CONFLICT / VIETNAM
Retouching: N