Image / Sgt. Mike Donaldson, the "Fighting Irishman", World War I hero

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Title: Sgt. Mike Donaldson, the "Fighting Irishman", World War I hero
Date Created and/or Issued: [circa May 16, 1927]
Publication Information: Los Angeles Daily News
Contributing Institution: UCLA, Library Special Collections, Charles E. Young Research Library
Collection: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives
Rights Information: US
Description: Access to this collection is generously supported by Arcadia funds.
Photograph of Sergeant Mike Donaldson, the "Fighting Irishman", taken during a trip to Los Angeles. Donaldson received the Congressional Medal of Honor for bravery under fire after rescuing six wounded comrades while under German attack during World War I. His visit to Los Angeles concerned film contracts relating to his life story.
Handwritten annotation from nitrate negative: "Mike" Donaldson
Text from original nitrate sleeve: Cooper, Harry; Fairbanks, Douglas
Type: Image
Format: b&w nitrate negative
Identifier: uclamss_1387_03797-02
3797
ark:/21198/zz00253zsx
Language: No linguistic content
Subject: War
People
Portrait photographs
Donaldson, Mike, Sgt
Source: Los Angeles Daily News Negatives

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