Overdoing the "Attention" Bit?

Overdoing the "Attention" Bit?

Photograph

Associated Press

Maker
American

Overdoing the "Attention" Bit?

February 3, 1973
Gelatin silver print
Image: 9 5/16 × 6 11/16 in. (23.6 × 17 cm)
Paper: 10 1/16 × 8 1/8 in. (25.5 × 20.7 cm)
Gift of Vincent S. Jones
1976.0082.0443
Inscriptions Printed in image on recto, BC: (DN2) DALLAS, TEX., FEB. 3 -- OVERDOING THE "ATTENTION" BIT? -- The stal- \ wart young recruit under the arm of Dallas Recruiter Jerry Williams \ did not reach his present paralyzed state as the result of ever- \ zealous interpretation of an "attention" order. He is a recruiting \ poster on its way to relocation in the Navy Center in the new Fed- \ eral Building in Dallas, Tex.. (AP WIREPHOTO) (htw70800mbr-dmn) 1973
Inscribed in black marker on verso, BR: gags
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