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[Photograph 2012.201.B0070.0054]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Daily Oklahoman newspaper. Caption: "A few weeks ago in Camp Gordon, Georgia, 15-year-old Raymond O. Barton, Jr.., pinned two stars on his father's shoulder in a military ceremony which elevated Ada's ranking officer in the army to the rank of major general."
Date: 1942
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society

[Photograph 2012.201.B0070.0057]

Description: Photograph used for a story in the Oklahoma Times newspaper. Caption: "Col. Raymond O. Barton, above, an Oklahoma soldier who tried to resign his commission in World war I so he could enlist as a private for overseas service, has been nominated by President Roosevelt for promotion to the rank of brigadier general of infantry."
Date: 1942
Partner: Oklahoma Historical Society
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