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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC10047.03.219 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Printed document Date: circa 1942-1946 Pagination: 11 p. ; Order a Copy

One undated document listing the information required when releasing news of the awarding of a purple heart. There are four names and addresses hand written on the lower half of the document.

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