{"id":8776,"date":"2018-05-25T06:17:30","date_gmt":"2018-05-25T10:17:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/AP_4408060129.jpg"},"modified":"2018-05-25T06:21:56","modified_gmt":"2018-05-25T10:21:56","slug":"wwii-general-refugees-1944","status":"inherit","type":"attachment","link":"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2018\/04\/11\/history-unfolded-american-newspapers-holocaust\/wwii-general-refugees-1944\/","title":{"rendered":"WWII General  Refugees   1944"},"author":45,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"acf":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"description":{"rendered":"<p class=\"attachment\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/AP_4408060129.jpg?ssl=1\" data-rel=\"lightbox-gallery-fTngm3VB\" data-rl_title=\"\" data-rl_caption=\"\" title=\"\"><img width=\"300\" height=\"251\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/AP_4408060129.jpg?fit=300%2C251&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/AP_4408060129.jpg?w=3000&amp;ssl=1 3000w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/AP_4408060129.jpg?resize=300%2C251&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/AP_4408060129.jpg?resize=768%2C643&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/AP_4408060129.jpg?resize=1024%2C858&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/AP_4408060129.jpg?resize=418%2C350&amp;ssl=1 418w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/AP_4408060129.jpg?w=1600&amp;ssl=1 1600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/AP_4408060129.jpg?w=2400&amp;ssl=1 2400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" data-attachment-id=\"8776\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/2018\/04\/11\/history-unfolded-american-newspapers-holocaust\/wwii-general-refugees-1944\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/AP_4408060129.jpg?fit=3000%2C2513&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"3000,2513\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;AP&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;Merchant Mariners Lt. 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They arrived in the U.S. on August 4, and they were then taken to an emergency shelter prepared for them. (Associated Press)&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/AP_4408060129.jpg?fit=300%2C251&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsinteractive.post-gazette.com\/thedigs\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/AP_4408060129.jpg?fit=800%2C670&amp;ssl=1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n"},"caption":{"rendered":"<p>Merchant Mariners Lt. Herbert L. Parker, left, and ensign John Jay Yelcich, right, talk with some of the 984 European refugees on the pier in Naples, Italy on August 6, 1944. The refugees boarded transport ships, which took them to the United States. The group was selected after screening by a sub-committee of the Allied Control Commission, comprised of British and Americans, and the War Refugee Board. They arrived in the U.S. on August 4, and they were then taken to an emergency shelter prepared for them. 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