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Emotions Take Over: Army Private Ronald Lockman, 23, of Philadelphia, hugs his mother, Mrs. Vivan Williams, during emotional press conference following his conviction and sentencing at San Francisco’s Presidio. Lockman was convicted of refusing to obey orders to go to Vietnam, and was sentenced to two and a half years at hard labor, November 1967
Emotions Take Over: Army Private Ronald Lockman, 23, of Philadelphia, hugs his mother, Mrs. Vivan Williams, during emotional press conference following his conviction and sentencing at San Francisco’s Presidio. Lockman was convicted of refusing to obey orders to go to Vietnam, and was sentenced to two and a half years at hard labor, November 1967
Emotions Take Over: Army Private Ronald Lockman, 23, of Philadelphia, hugs his mother, Mrs. Vivan Williams, during emotional press conference following his conviction and sentencing at San Francisco’s Presidio. Lockman was convicted of refusing to obey orders to go to Vietnam, and was sentenced to two and a half years at hard labor, November 1967

Emotions Take Over: Army Private Ronald Lockman, 23, of Philadelphia, hugs his mother, Mrs. Vivan Williams, during emotional press conference following his conviction and sentencing at San Francisco’s Presidio. Lockman was convicted of refusing to obey orders to go to Vietnam, and was sentenced to two and a half years at hard labor, November 1967

Maker (American, b. 1926)
Date11/1/1967
MediumVintage Associated Press wirephoto
Dimensions8(?) x 6(?) inches
Credit LineGift of Jennifer & Marc Lipschultz
Object number2024.310
Status
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