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Special Orders No. 87 from Brooke Army Medical Center

April 18, 1955

Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Bexar County, Texas, United States, North and Central America

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

Typed document with lists of names of various soldiers. Heading of document reads, [HEADQUARTERS/MEDICAL TRAINING CENTER/Brooke Army Medical Center/Fort Sam Houston, Texas]. Document divides lists of names by race. Red handwriting at top of paper reads, [Parker]. The orders are rendered by the command of Brigadier General Ginn and signed by John E. Abbot, 1st Lt.

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Catalog reference: 2015.215.4

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