Abstract	A black and white photograph featuring refugees boarding a plane at Volk Field, Camp Douglas, Wisconsin, taken by the La Crosse Tribune photographer Dick Riniker on September 29, 1980. The caption reads: "Cuban refugees board plane at Volk Field (Wis) for the flight to Ft. Chaffee. The Cubans were brought to Volk Field via a 20 minute bus ride on Greyhounds. Once at Volk, Army infantrymen formed a ring around the bus and plane." The photograph was included in article titled "Refugee airlift continues," written by Bill White and published in the La Crosse Tribune on September 30, 1980.
Associated name	White, Bill
Owner	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse
	La Crosse Tribune
Photographer	Riniker, Dick
Type of resource	still image
Genre	picture
Genre authority	marcgt
Publisher name	La Crosse Tribune
Place of publication	La Crosse, Wisconsin
Date published	1980-09-29
Date captured	2016-03-28
Language	zxx
Width	9.69
Height	6.88
Subject topic	Airplanes Authority: TGM
Subject topic	Transportation facilities -- Airports Authority: TGM
Subject topic	People -- Immigrants Authority: TGM
Subject topic	People -- Refugees Authority: TGM
Subject topic	Military personnel Authority: TGM
Note	Donated to UW-La Crosse Special Collections on October 26, 2006.
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Collection	Freedom Flotilla Collection / Freedom Flotilla Photographs
ID	06e0a18d-a902-46b5-bd08-fa49c96ea580/wlacu000/00000017/00000049
Stock number	La Crosse Immigration Cuban Box: Folder 4
Doi	17-0049