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Collection:
Images from the History of Medicine (NLM)
Title:
[Awarding of the Purple Heart] U.S. Signal Corps ; photographed by Pvt. Schinz.
Contributor (Organization):
United States. Army.
Subject (Genre):
Pictorial Works
Subject (MeSH Term):
Awards and Prizes
Subject (MeSH Term):
Military Personnel
Subject (MeSH Term):
World War II
Publication Information:
1945.
Copyright Statement:
The National Library of Medicine believes this item to be in the public domain.
Order No.:
A015151
Physical Description:
1 photographic print : b&w ; 21 x 26 cm.
Image Description:
Subject: Pvt. Webb sits on a bed as Mr. Cohn pins the medal on his hospital shirt. A man stands at the foot of the bed and reads the citation. Other servicemen sit on beds or stand in the background and watch.
Note (General):
Picture caption: Mr. Milton D. Cohn, National Commander of the Disabled Veterans Organization pins the Purple Heart on Pvt. Earl Webb, Hanover, Pa., in a U.S. Army Hospital in France.
Note (General):
"ETO HQ 45 449 11 Dec"--Stamped on verso.
Note (General):
Picture caption stamped on verso.
Language:
eng
Restrictions on Access:
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Call Number:
Awards no. 47 box 1 mil
Record UI:
101442739

[Awarding of the Purple Heart] U.S. Signal Corps ; photographed by Pvt. Schinz.

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