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Endres Award Ceremony
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Colonel George Sherman, chief of staff of the 32nd division National Guard is shown decorating Sargeant Harold L. Endres with medals. Endres was a World War II veteran, and was wounded in action in 1945. The ceremony was at the Veterans of Foreign War clubhouse.
May 18, 1948
Vinje, Arthur M., 1888-1972 (photographer)
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