LeRoy L. Stewart receiving a medal from commanding officer at Attu, Aleutian Islands in 1943
Gift of George Gottschalk, from the Collection of The National WWII Museum
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LeRoy L. Stewart receiving medal from commanding officer, probably Major General Albert E. Brown, Commanding General of 7th Infantry Division in the Aleutians from May 1942 to June 1943. Attu, Aleutian Islands/Alaska. Circa June 1943
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$120.00
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Collection of photographs from the service of Brigadier General LeRoy J. Stewart, 7th Infantry Division, Commander of the 76th Field Artillery Battalion, and Chief of Staff who participated in the Aleutian Islands Campaign and Kwajalein invasion. Stewart was on the US Equestrian Team and participated in the 1932 Olympics. Graduated from the Citadel and West Point. Assumed command of the Field Artillery Battalion in the Aleutians. He later served as Commanding General and Artillery Officer on Kwajelein, Phillipines and Okinawa. He retired in 1951. Deceased January 1983.
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Aleutian Islands
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56.383
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-131.317
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Generals--American--Aleutian Islands