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Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell awarding the Purple Heart medal to Major Gordon S. Seagrave, India, mid-1942

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Caption     Lieutenant General Joseph Stilwell awarding the Purple Heart medal to Major Gordon S. Seagrave, India, mid-1942 ww2dbase
WW2-Era Location Name India
Date  Jul 1942
Photographer    Unknown
 
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Source    ww2dbaseUnited States Army Signal Corps via forwhattheygave.wordpress.com
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Added By C. Peter Chen
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1. Commenter identity confirmed Alan Chanter says:
22 Sep 2016 05:05:39 AM

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.

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