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General Stilwell Presents a Posthumous Medal of Honor to Cathrine Boyce

99-1149
Accession Number
99-1149
6.5 x 8.0 Inches
Black & White
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NAID 350297701
HST Keywords
Boyce, Mrs. Cathrine; Stilwell, General Joseph; Boyce, Dorothy; Brown, Mrs. Alfred; Medals - Congressional Medal of Honor; Boyce, Jr., Lt. George - Ref. to
People Pictured
Stilwell, Joseph Warren, 1883-1946
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General Joseph Stilwell, Chief of the Army Ground Forces, presents the Medal of Honor to Cathrine Boyce, in Washington, D.C. Her son, the late Lt. George Boyce, Jr., smothered a live Japanese grenade on New Guinea to save the lives of his men. Left to right: Gen. Stilwell; Lt. Boyce's sister, Dorothy Boyce; Mrs. Boyce; and Lt. Boyce's grandmother, Mrs. Alfred Brown. From: Beth Gore.

Date(s)
April 3, 1945