More Special Assignments: From the Arctic Circle to Thailand

By Kyle Kellams

Published March 20, 2023 at 12:05 PM CDT

Randy Dixon, with the David and Barbara Pryor Center for Arkansas Oral and Visual History, concludes his series about special assignments that can be found in the KATV Collection of the Pryor Center Archives.

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