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Keystone View Company General Pershing Decorating Officers of 89th Div., Treves, Germany.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09584.255 Author/Creator: Keystone View Company Place Written: Germany Type: Stereocard Date: 1914-1918 Pagination: 1 stereocard Height: 8.7 cm, Width: 17.7 cm Order a Copy

A line of American soldiers receive the Distinguished Service Crosses from General Pershing on a field in Treves, Germany.

Pershing, John J. (John Joseph), 1860-1948

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