Gallery›Digital Commonwealth — Boston Public Library›Stricken Widow--Chaplain Dudley Boyd presents flag which draped casket of Sgt. Delbert Sloan, polio victim, to Mrs. Ruth Sloan, herself stricken with polio, who was wheeled to funeral from her bed. Mrs. Sloan has two children and is expecting another next month.
Stricken Widow--Chaplain Dudley Boyd presents flag which draped casket of Sgt. Delbert Sloan, polio victim, to Mrs. Ruth Sloan, herself stricken with polio, who was wheeled to funeral from her bed. Mrs. Sloan has two children and is expecting another next month.
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Stricken Widow--Chaplain Dudley Boyd presents flag which draped casket of Sgt. Delbert Sloan, polio victim, to Mrs. Ruth Sloan, herself stricken with polio, who was wheeled to funeral from her bed. Mrs. Sloan has two children and is expecting another next month.

Associated Press · [ca. September 1949]

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