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Medal of Honor Recipients affiliated with USC - Veterans Services @ USC - Research Guides at University of Southern California
US Army Medical Department Center of History and Heritage - 07 JUL 1944: CPT Ben Salomon was killed in action at Saipan while defending patients. He was later awarded the Medal of
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