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Captain Edward J. Steichen, USN Ret.
Army & Navy Combat Photographer WWI & WWII
Received the French Legion of Honor,
Distinguished Service Medal,
the Presidential Medal of Freedom,
and Commander of the Order of Merit (Germany)
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