(Documentary Artifact): Two b/w photographic prints of a Mexican man and young soldier posing near train tracks between Oaxaca and Mexico City. The young solider helped to pull Davis from a train wreck (see OP 14961-857 through 860). It took nine hours for a relief train to arrive after the train wreck.
Notes on verso of prints:
Image 1: OP 14961-859/ 88:17050-859/ OAXACA/ OAXACA/ Boy soldier +/ Mexican from train/ wreck Dec 22 1945/ Soldier boy helped/ me. IT TOOK 9 HOURS/ FOR RELIEF TRAIN TO ARRIVE/ [Stamped:] ED. H. DAVIS/ Mesa Grande, Calif.
Image 2: OP 14961-859/ 88:17050-859/ OAXACA/ OAXACA/ This soldier boy/ helped me -/ Dec 22 1945/ We waited 9 hours for a relief train/[Stamped:] ED. H. DAVIS/ Mesa Grande, Calif.
