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Dr. William S. Middleton Receiving Award
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Dr. William S. Middleton receiving the Distinguished Service Medal from Major General Edwin P. Parker for outstanding service with the Army Medical Corps in Europe during World War II.
November 4, 1947
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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