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80-G-42770: Commander E. J. Davis, USN, Purple Heart

80-G-42770: Commander E. J. Davis, USN, Purple Heart. Commander Davis, fomer gunnery officer of USS Yorktown (CV-5), at Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia, receives the Purple Heart Medal for the injuries received in the Battle of Midway. Shown: Mrs. E. J. Davis pins medal on husband, as Commander R.G. Pennoyer, Commanding Officer of Fleet Service Schools looks on. Photograph released July 10, 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2017/08/01).
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Caption: Commander E. J. Davis, USN, Purple Heart. Commander Davis, fomer gunnery officer of USS Yorktown (CV-5), at Naval Operating Base, Norfolk, Virginia, receives the Purple Heart Medal for the injuries received in the Battle of Midway. Shown: Mrs. E. J. Davis pins medal on husband, as Commander R.G. Pennoyer, Commanding Officer of Fleet Service Schools looks on. Photograph released July 10, 1943. Official U.S. Navy Photograph, now in the collections of the National Archives. (2017/08/01).
Accession #: 80-G-42770
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