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AN OHIO FARM BOY, and winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor, 27-year-old Melvin Mayfield, is on his way to Washington for a conference with President Truman during which time the veteran will express a protest for 750 farmers against the $10,000,000 Dillon dam, a major link in the Army engineers' flood control program for the Ohio river valley It means the loss of everything I fought for.” says the three-time wounded ex-soldier, who is shown, right above, with his father, who also faces eviction from his 179-acre farm. The two are pictured at the saw mill, located on a portion of the 11.000 doomed acres, where Mayfield is cutting lumber to build a cottage for his bride of three months. (International!WAR HERO’S FARM DOOMED
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Norwalk Reflector Herald
Norwalk, Ohio, US
Wed, May 22, 1946
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