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Medals awarded to Captain Jack Maginnis

Date: 1953 | Identifier: 359.6.c.26
Photograph of the Legion of Merit and the Purple Heart being awarded to Korean War veteran Captain Jack Maginnis by Vice Admirals Clark and Briscoe. A summary of Maginnis' military service is on verso. more...
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Photograph of the Legion of Merit and the Purple Heart being awarded to Korean War veteran Captain Jack Maginnis by Vice Admirals Clark and Briscoe. A summary of Maginnis' military service is on verso.
Date
1953
Call Number
359.6.c.26
Additional Resources
Collection(s)
Naval and Maritime History
Military History
- Korean War

Subject(s)
Military decorations--United States
Legion of Merit (Military decoration)
Purple Heart (Military decoration)
United States. Navy--Officers
Maginnis, Jack, 1904-1977

Finding Aid
Maginnis, Jack, Papers

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Type
still image
Medium
photographs
Physical Description
25.2cm x 20.4cm
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 Thu Apr 18 2013 12:13 AM  by Robert JP Maginnis

Jack Maginnis was my father's younger brother. I recall Jack visiting us in Oakland, CA where his mother was living, on his way back from being wounded in Korea. His final duty station was on the USS Salem, which concluded in 1958. I have all of his awarded medals.
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