Associated Press Locates Incision

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GLC#
GLC09677.05-View header record
Type
Images
Date
9 June 1956
Author/Creator
Associated Press
Title
Locates Incision
Place Written
Washington, District of Columbia
Pagination
1 photograph Height: 25.3 cm, Width: 20.5 cm
Primary time period
1945 to the Present
Sub-Era
The Fifties

One wirephoto released by Associated Press dated June 9, 1956. Shows Major General Leonard D. Heaton, Walter Reed Hospital Commandant, indicating the location of an incision on his body as he stands in front of the camera. The incision in question was made during an emergency surgery on President Eisenhower. The photo is stamped on the back with Associated Press information.

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