| Caption | Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell awarding the Purple Heart medal to Major Gordon S. Seagrave, India, mid-1942 ww2dbase | |||||||
| Source | ww2dbaseUnited States Army | |||||||
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| Photos at Same Place | India | |||||||
| Added By | C. Peter Chen | |||||||
| Added Date | 22 Sep 2016 | |||||||
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| Licensing | Public Domain. According to the United States copyright law (United States Code, Title 17, Chapter 1, Section 105), in part, "[c]opyright protection under this title is not available for any work of the United States Government". | |||||||
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Dr Gordon Seagrave was a fourth-generation American medical missionary who, with twelve Shan nurses, ran a dressing station at Pyinmana. He came out of Burma with Stilwell during the long retreat and established a hospital for sick and wounded Chinese Expeditionary Force (Y Force) casualties.