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Charles Netherwood Receiving DAV Forget-Me-Not
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Charles W. Netherwood, Civil War veteran of Oregon, is shown buying the first Forget-me-not for the Disabled American Veterans' drive from Nina Westbury, past commander of the auxiliary and national chairman of the Americanization committee, with August Baumbach, senior vice commander, looking on.
September 17, 1936
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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