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<ul><li><b>Scope and content:</b>  Original Caption: American Soldier first to be decorated by French government. Private John McClain of Dayton, Ohio wearing the French Croix de Guerre with the palm awarded by French Gov. for saving fifty persons when an enemy aviator dropped a bomb in th</li></ul><p>Date Taken: 1917
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Photographer: International Film Service</div>
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1917 – 1918
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