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BATTLEFIELD COMMISSION ACCEPTANCE

Commissioning Order
is read aloud by unidentified captain as 1st Sgt Donald J. Burke (then Co G) is commissioned as a 2nd Lt. on 27 august 1944

Sgt Burked is flanked by Col Roy E., Lindquist and Lt Col. Louis G. Mendez.  The captain at left is unidentified

Congratulations
are given by Col Lindquist to now 2nd Lt. Burke.

As is customary, newly anointed Lts are transferred from their previous company and 2d lt. Burke was transferred to Co F.  He would ultimately retire as a Lt. Col

[photos courtesy of H. Wayne Crawford (Col, ret) and his wife Kathy (Burke] Crawford]

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