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Mayor Vincent R. Impellitteri proclaims the Clothing drive for Korea to take place between November 19 - December 3, 1951. States that there is much distress among UN soldiers because of 'miles of roads of frozen Korean men and women.' Features the Department of Sanitation Band.
Audio courtesy of the NYC Municipal Archives WNYC Collection
WNYC archives id: 68660
Municipal archives id: LT99
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