1953 Press Photo New York Mass Airlift for March of Dimes by Military Air NYC

A mass airlift of three polio respirator patients marked the 100th such transfer recently by the Military Air Transport Service on behalf of the March of Dimes. Shown aboard a C-54 at Mitchel Air Force Base, Basil O'Connor (left), President of the National Foundation for Infantile Paralysis, who presents a citation of Honor to Brig Gen Wilford F Hall (right), MATS representative. Bound for a March of Dimes polio respirator center in Buffalo, NY, is patient Joseph Lehane, 20, of Brooklyn. Photo measures 7 x 9 inches. Photo is dated 01-22-1953.

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