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Caption | Lieutenant General Patton of the US 3rd Army awarding the Silver Star medal to Private Ernest Jenkins for gallantry during actions at Chateaudun, France, 13 Oct 1944 ww2dbase | ||||||||
Date | 13 Oct 1944 | ||||||||
Photographer | Unknown | ||||||||
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Source | ww2dbaseUnited States National Archives | ||||||||
Identification Code | 208-FS-3489-2 | ||||||||
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Licensing | Public Domain. According to the US National Archives, as of 21 Jul 2010: Please contact us regarding any inaccuracies with the above information. Thank you. |
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Added By | C. Peter Chen | ||||||||
Photo Size | 1,110 x 1,383 pixels |
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2. Scott says:
13 Oct 2020 04:19:07 PM
To get the silver Star I can't even imagine what he did to get that medal... God bless him
13 Oct 2020 04:19:07 PM
To get the silver Star I can't even imagine what he did to get that medal... God bless him
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