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Title: Louis M. Van Iersels, veteran
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Herald Examiner Photo Collection
Creator: Haering, Michael
Date Created and/or Issued: 1968
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
Rights Information: Images available for reproduction and use. Please see the Ordering & Use page at http://tessa.lapl.org/OrderingUse.html for additional information.
Description: Louis M. Van Iersels, now 75, proudly holds the American Legion flag while wearing his Medal of Honor around his neck. His Marine jacket is decorated with World War I medals. Van Iersels enlisted in the Marines at age 48, during World War II. Van Iersels poses to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the signing of Armistice on November 11, 1918. Photo dated: November 4, 1968.
Type: image
Format: 1 photograph :b&w
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00045294
Herald Examiner Collection
HE box 1991
CARL0000049324
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/15741
Subject: Veterans--United States
Armistice Day
Military uniforms
Medal of Honor
Military decorations
Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs
Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
Portrait photographs
Time Period: 1961-1970

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