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• COLORED MAN RECIEVES NIGH-1 EST DECORATION OF WAR.(By ill*' Associated Vfgro I'rew*,) Bom ton, July 10.*- Clarence It. Van A11 on, corporal of Company L. 372 Infuntrv Regiment, who put* a Germanmachine gunt out of mllmi hIurIm-handl'd, killing tour of lu crew and capturing three others, one* of Hit* bravest exploits of th*a war. wins deeo-rated today with the Mediu.Hl- Mill tune, ili*' hhihest honor Fra hen confers on an enlisted man. Officers ofr be Northeastern Da par tin out. who turned out In a laxly to honor the man, who wiix formerly a waller here, said they believed he Whs the ftrt*! Anierlean soldier to receive Hu dm oration.lilt* valor 1* a distinction for the err1 tire race.t
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Kansas City Sun

Kansas City, Missouri, US

Sat, Jul 12, 1919

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