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Howard Miner Receiving Poppy
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Howard Miner, disabled World War I veteran, receiving Forget-me-not flower from Florence Palz, ladies auxiliary chairman, marking the opening of the forget-me-not campaign of the Disabled American Veterans. Standing at the left is R.A. Kindschi, chairman of the annual campaign.
September 20, 1934
McVicar, Angus Boyd, 1903-1964
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