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1955 Press Photo Edwin Heller & fellow USAF pilots held by Communists in China

This is an original press photo. Edwin L. Heller (Lieutenant Colonel) (United States Air Force - Held in Red China). These communist photographs,` released in Washington today by the Department of Defense, were recently forwarded from Red China to United Nations Secretary General Dag Hammarskjold. Accompanying caption material said they show the four U.S. jet pilots held by the communists. The Defense Department said they appear to be: Captain Harold E. Fischer, top left, Swea City, Iowa; 1st Lieutenant Lyle W. Cameron, top right, Lincoln, Nebraska; 1st Lieutenant Roland W. Parks, lower left, Omaha, Nebraska, and Lieutenant Colonel Edwin L. Heller, lower right, Wynnewood, Pennsylvania.Photo measures 7.25 x 8.75inches. Photo is dated 2-24-1955.

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Historic Images Part Number: pio20996