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Show MacARTIIUR WAS "TOPS" AS SOLDIER IN FIRST WORLD WAR "N I XX " w - - !V w ' , &v- . s V 3 WHEN PERSHING HONORED MacARTHUR 23 YEARS AGO This picture, made on a blustery March' day in Remagen, Rhenish Prussia, shows the commander of the A.jE. F. pinning the Distinguished Dis-tinguished Service Medal on General Douglas MacArthur then commanding com-manding the 84th Brigade, 42nd Division. The photo is from the World War files of the U. S. Signal Corps. .' This was General MacArthur's second decoration. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross for gallantry in action in March, 1918. He also wears the Silver Star Medal with six oak leaf clusters. A bill is pending in Congress to award him the Medal of Honor. |