Nine local boys are being sworn in at the Boston Army Base for a three-year hitch in the Regular Army by Captain Lawrence Welding on extreme right.
From left to right, rear row, are Sergeant Nick Damiano, the local recruiter; Edward LoDico of Foxboro, Bartley King and Donald Perry of Norwood, John Maloney and Robert Proctor of Dedham, and Richard Wenstrom of Norwood.
Front row, left to right, are William Groce of Foxboro, Victor Taggart and John Haughey of Norwood.