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William Barnes

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L to R: United States Marine Corps Lieutenant Colonel Fairbourn, battalion commander, presents the Purple Heart medal to Battalion Assistant Operations Officer, 24-year-old Captain Barnes of Minneapolis, for shrapnel wounds received in the thighs and right arm during the Guam campaign. Barnes graduated from St. Thomas Military Academy in St. Paul.
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