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pl23_pers0413.jpg

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First Lieutenant Miller J. Tonkel, USMC, receiving medal in post WW II China.Tonkel had been transferred to Marine Corps from USC&GS; in the closingdays of WW II.

Credit

Family of Captain Miller J. Tonkel, NOAA Corps

Collection

NOAA People

Coast & Geodetic Survey