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Commendation references Lieutenant F.V. Lansdale, USN, and Ensign Monaghan, USN. Letter to Secretary of the Navy, April 5, 1899, Apia, Samoa. Action Report, Captain Edwin White, USN, commanding flagship USS Philadelphia. Enclosure: reports of Lieutenant C.M. Perkins, USMC, and P.A. Surgeon
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The United States entered World War I in April 1917. Upon the formation of the Fifth
Regiment for service in France, Hulbert immediately volunteered for foreign service and the character of his service with the American Expeditionary Forces is best indicated by the following extracts from the
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