Medals awarded to Captain Jack Maginnis
- Title
- Medals awarded to Captain Jack Maginnis
- Description
- 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
- Original Format
- photographs
- Extent
- 25cm x 20cm
- Local Identifier
- 0359-b6-fc-i26
- Subject(s)
- Maginnis, Jack, 1904-1977
- United States. Navy--Officers
- Legion of Merit (Military decoration)
- Purple Heart (Military decoration)
- Military decorations--United States
- Location of Original
- East Carolina Manuscript Collection
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Military History
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Military History: Korean War
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Naval and Maritime History
- Location of Original
- Jack Maginnis Papers from the East Carolina Manuscript Collection
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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.