“See You Guys After The War”: An Air Force Pilot In Peace, War, And Captivity (Elmo Baker)

Mo Baker was born in 1932 in Morehouse, Missouri, the middle child of five. His dad was an insurance salesman and a master mason, and his mother raised the family.

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Vietnamese POW Capt. Myron L. Donald looks smilingly at this wife after returning into her arms

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