Corporal Norman Brown, of Hobbs, New Mexico, who spent 30 months in the same Japanese prison camp and bunked with Corporal James Newman, visited with the famous Fort Worth, Texas, boy's mother, carrying out a pact the two made while in prison. Mrs. O. F. Newman is showing her son's Purple Heart to Corporal Brown. Between them, hanging on the back wall, is a flag embedded with a photograph of Corporal Newman. Mrs. Newman is wearing a floral print dress and eyeglasses. Corporal Brown is wearing his military uniform and holding a cane.
This project was funded by Institute of Museum and Library Services/Texas State Library and Archives Commission.