(LA3-March 10) HAIRCUT FOR RESCUED RUSSIAN--<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Soviet_Army" class="extiw" title="w:en:Soviet Army">Soviet Army</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Private_(rank)" class="extiw" title="w:en:Private (rank)">Private</a> Phillip Poplavski gets an American-style haircut last Sunday aboard the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:USS_Kearsarge_(CV-33)" class="extiw" title="w:en:USS Kearsarge (CV-33)">U.S.S. Kearsarge</a> after Poplavski and three Russian companions were rescued from their 50-foot landing craft which had been <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Self-propelled_barge_T-36" class="extiw" title="w:en:Self-propelled barge T-36">drifting on the Pacific for 49 days</a>. The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:barber" class="extiw" title="w:en:barber">barber</a> is Thomas V. Tamoria of the U.S. Navy. His home town is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Imperial_Beach,_California" class="extiw" title="w:en:Imperial Beach, California">Imperial Beach, Calif</a>. The rescued Russians are being brought to the United States on the Kearsarge.
(<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:United_States_Navy" class="extiw" title="w:en:United States Navy">U.S. Navy</a> Photo via <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Associated_Press" class="extiw" title="w:en:Associated Press">AP</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Wirephoto" class="extiw" title="w:en:Wirephoto">Wirephoto</a>)(see AP wire story)(mw50920navy) 1960
USS Kearsarge crew
1960-03-10
Scan from personal collection of <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/User:Wesha" title="User:Wesha">User:Wesha</a>. In 2021, the original photo has been donated to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/en:Russian_State_Film_and_Photo_Archive" class="extiw" title="w:en:Russian State Film and Photo Archive">Russian State Film and Photo Archive</a> where the item has been registered under the code <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://photo.rgakfd.ru/photo/227438254">П-4107</a>.