The officer in charge of the Fort Worth Army recruiting station, Lieutenant Jay Mahaffey (left) is welcoming back Corporal Joseph A. Burgess, who is reenlisting in the United States Army. Corporal Burgess spent three of his five years with the Army as a Japanese prisoner of war. The men are standing in front of an American flag. Lieutenant Mahaffey is dressed in his military uniform. Corporal Burgess is wearing a button-up shirt and trousers.
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