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EXECUTIVE ORDER 9928

SUSPENDING PROFESSIONAL EXAMINATIONS FOR PERMANENT PROMOTION OF OFFICERS IN THE MEDICAL DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY

By virtue of the authority vested in me by section 507(b) of the Officer Personnel Act of 1947, approved August 7, 1947 (Public Law 381, 80th Congress), it is ordered as follows:

1. The operation of all provisions of law requiring professional examinations for permanent promotion in the Regular Army of officers of the Medical, Dental, and Veterinary Corps is hereby suspended until June 30, 1948.

2. This order shall become effective as of January 1, 1948.

HARRY S. TRUMAN
THE WHITE HOUSE,
January 21, 1948