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The band from McClenaghan High School, a school Billy left to enter the Army almost four years ago, played tne welcome while the throng, which overflov/cd the station promenade, cheered loud and long as the train came along side the ramp.Br BOB WEI RICHCpl. Billy Stackley, a prisoner of War in the hands of the North Korean Reds for more than 30 months, returned home last night to receive a. rousing ovation from more than 600 persons who gathered at- the ACL railroad Btation to greet him. *--City Manager D. C. Barbot,.member*; of City Council arlt;l local vet-He had planned getting back Inlo uniform for hts arrival In Florence, bul the bag containing it got mixed up in the shuffle.The Florence youth was captured near Hunson Feb. 13, 1931. He was reluctant U»: lalk about his capture because of the ban apparently placed on free speech for POW's by the government. Jester he did
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Florence Morning News
Florence, South Carolina, US
Tue, Sep 15, 1953
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