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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09855.117.02 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Newspaper clipping Date: 15 November 1944 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 21.2 cm, Width: 10.4 cm Order a Copy

One newspaper clipping sent by Frank B. White to L. Jean White dated November 15, 1944. Concerns Lieutenant General Holland M. Smith dismissing Major General Ralph Smith during the battle of Saipan.

White, Frank B., 1915-1999
White, L. Jean, 1915-2014

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