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Feature Excerpt
Woman Smuggling Drugs
Abstract
Interview Session 01 (Audio)
Early career & service in Tokyo during Korean War
Interview Session 02 (Audio)
From service as enlisted clerk to CID agent
Interview Session 03 (Audio)
Ballow's military career from 1970 to retirement
Transcript
Photos
Caption:
Buck Ballow 1951/1952-taken at residence in Tokyo (wearing prohibited civilian attire (?)) (Narrator’s Photo).
Where:
Tokyo
When:
1951/1952
Ownership:
Narrator’s Photo
Caption
Buck Ballow -1951- Orderly room, COB, Staff BN, GHQ. Duty as Asst NGO (Asst Co. Clerk).
Where:
Unknown
When:
1951
Ownership:
Narrator’s Photo
Caption
Buck and Cookie –Jan 1953- Cannelton, Indiana.
Where:
Cannelton, Indiana
When:
Jan 1953
Ownership:
Narrator’s Photo
Caption
Cookie works on a batch of fried rice in Cannelton, Indiana.
Where:
Cannelton, Indiana
When:
Unknown
Ownership:
Narrator’s Photo
Caption
Cookie -1953-at my brother’s house.
Where:
Unknown
When:
1953
Ownership:
Narrator’s Photo
Caption
GHQ Shoulder Insignia.
Where:
Tokyo
When:
Unknown
Ownership:
Narrator’s Photo
Caption
General Headquarters Company Parade in Tokyo in the Spring 1950. As a member of GHQ, where MacArthur called home, the men had to meet stringent appearance standards and keep their uniforms in tip-top condition.
Where:
Tokyo
When:
1950
Ownership:
Narrator’s Photo
Caption
RRA Beer Hall-1951- Left to Right: Cpl George D. Wiley, Ballow, PO3 James A. VanFlee, Aussie Soldier-unknown, PO3 Greery Stanton.
Where:
Unknown
When:
1951
Ownership:
Narrator’s Photo