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Lieutenant Junior Grade E. Peterson and Lieutenant Junior Grade R. W. Maher, Doctors in Korea

2007-686
Accession Number
2007-686
5x7 inches (13x18 cm)
Black & White
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NAID 348337571
Related Collection
Harry S. Truman Papers: President's Secretary's Files
Keywords
Korean War, 1950-1953
Marines
Physicians
Ships
HST Keywords
Ships - U.S.S. Pickaway
People Pictured
Maher, R. W., U.S. Marine lieutenant
Peterson, E., U.S. Marine lieutenant
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U.S. Army

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Description
Left to right: Lieutenant Junior Grade E. Peterson and Lieutenant Junior Grade R. W. Maher. Lieutenant Peterson is holding the projectile the two doctors had just removed from a young marine's brain. It appeared to be a "dum dum" bullet. Aboard the U.S.S. Pickaway, Inchon, Korea.
Date(s)
September 17, 1950