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John Richard Raschke in 1947. (May be restricted. Patrons desiring to use this photograph should contact the ALPL Audio-Visual Curator)
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John Sr. and John Jr. (Pete) stand in front of a corn picker the day before John Jr. reported for induction into the Army in Chicago. (Narrator’s Photo)
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January or February 1952. John rests in front of his barracks during Basic Training at Camp Roberts, California. (Narrator’s Photo)
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John learns the fine points of the M-1 rifle while in Basic Training, in front of his barracks at Camp Roberts, CA. (Narrator’s Photo)
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John in California while on a weekend pass, circa 1952. (Narrator’s Photo)
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John in April, 1952 in front of the library at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo, California. (Narrator’s Photo)
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Easter Sunday, April 13, 1952. Private Raschke stands on the pier at Will Rogers beach, with the Pacific Ocean behind him. (Narrator’s Photo)
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Raschke relaxes while in South Korea in1953, somewhere in I Corps’ rear area. John’s caption reads “powdered eggs, powdered milk and spam seem to be fattening.” (Narrator’s Photo)
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A view of the Korean countryside from Raschke’s Radio Teletype van in the spring of 1953. (Narrator’s Photo)
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Koreans prepare their fields for rice in early 1953. (Narrator’s Photo)
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Typical agricultural landscape in Korea, with fertile rice files in the foreground with mountains in the background. (Narrator’s Photo)
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Even for someone growing up on an American farm during the Great Depression, the farm practices in Korea in the early 1950s were very primitive. (Narrator’s Photo)
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The soldiers heated water and rations on the vehicle manifold. The caption reads “This is the way we shave – so early in the morning.” (Narrator’s Photo)
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Tommy Cooper, Julis Polgor, and Givo Papa of New York City, taken at Chunchon, South Korea in February, 1953. (Narrator’s Photo)
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