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Title: Legion of Merit awarded
Alternative Title: Valley Times Photo Collection
Contributor: This project was supported in whole or in part by the U.S. Institute of Museum and Library Services under the provisions of the Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian
Made accessible through a grant from the John Randolph Haynes and Dora Haynes Foundation and Photo Friends
Date Created and/or Issued: 1958
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: Photograph was edited for publication purposes
Photograph caption dated September 4, 1958 reads, "Lt. Col. John C. Downey, left, son of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Downey, 10908 Bloomfield Ave, North Hollywood, receives Legion of Merit from Maj. Gen. Karl Truesdell Jr., tactical air command deputy for operations. Valley man is plans staff officer, Hq. TAC, at Langley Air Force Base, Va."
Type: image
Format: 1 photographic print :b&w ;21 x 26 cm.
Photographic prints
Identifier: 00118931
Valley Times Collection
HCNVT_d022_f36_i22
CARL0005377816
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/52198
Subject: United States.--Air Force.--Tactical Air Command
United States.--Air Force--Officers
United States.--Air Force--Medals, badges, decorations, etc
Legion of Merit (Military decoration)
Military ceremonies, honors, and salutes
Rites and ceremonies
Medals
Men
Valley Times Collection photographs

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