[Casualties receiving the Purple Heart at the 54th General Hospital, Base "G", Hollandia, Dutch New Guinea] photographed by Kingsly Fall.
Subject: Several wounded servicemen lie in beds and watch as Gen. Denit presents a medal to one of the servicemen. Other military personnel stand at the foot of the bed and watch. ; Picture caption: Pfc. Clarence Cole of Ruleton, Kan. was one of the first casualties in the Philippine campaign to receive the Purple Heart award. Here Gen. Guy B. Denit, Chief Surgeon, U.S. Army Service of Supply in the S.W. Pacific, makes the award. ; "SWPA-SIGC-44-18848"--Printed on the top of the photograph. ; Picture caption transcribed from photograph requisition form tipped to the foot of the photograph. ; A... Mehr ...
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1944.
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| Schlagwörter: | Pictorial Works / New Guinea / Awards and Prizes / Military Personnel / World War II / United States |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
| Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28997378 |
| Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
| Powered By: | BASE |
| Link(s) : | http://ihm.nlm.nih.gov/luna/servlet/detail/NLMNLM~1~1~101443064~142858 |
Subject: Several wounded servicemen lie in beds and watch as Gen. Denit presents a medal to one of the servicemen. Other military personnel stand at the foot of the bed and watch. ; Picture caption: Pfc. Clarence Cole of Ruleton, Kan. was one of the first casualties in the Philippine campaign to receive the Purple Heart award. Here Gen. Guy B. Denit, Chief Surgeon, U.S. Army Service of Supply in the S.W. Pacific, makes the award. ; "SWPA-SIGC-44-18848"--Printed on the top of the photograph. ; Picture caption transcribed from photograph requisition form tipped to the foot of the photograph. ; A015488 ; 1 photographic print : b&w ; 11 x 13 cm.