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The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Lieutenant Colonel (Corps of Engineers) Brehon Burke Somervell (ASN: 0-3665), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism in action while
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disapproved of Somervell's cost overruns, declaring: "I will say this for General Somervell, he will get the stuff, but it is going to be hell on the taxpayer. He has a WPA attitude on the expenditure of money."
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1096:Arlington National Cemetery
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2754:Cullum, George W.
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1866:Retired List
1843:Retired List
1797:Regular Army
1774:Regular Army
1754:1 July 1942
1751:Regular Army
1657:Regular Army
1637:1 July 1920
1634:Regular Army
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1568:15 May 1917
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2007:Cullum 1920
1997:, p. 3
480:World War I
470:World War I
448:Jens A. Doe
444:Vicente Lim
428:Ralph Royce
420:Carl Spaatz
389:Congressman
376:, in 1906.
296:World War I
197:World War I
48:Nickname(s)
2967:Categories
2788:13 October
2766:13 October
2475:Smith 1959
1945:Vogel 2007
1909:operations
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1028:ad hominem
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658:Third Army
604:Staff, G-3
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400:West Point
352:Early life
308:logistical
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66:9 May 1892
62:1892-05-09
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2066:Ohl 1994
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1972:Ohl 1994
1957:Ohl 1994
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1479:Insignia
1438:6th Row
1417:5th Row
1395:4th Row
1375:3rd Row
1348:2nd Row
1331:1st Row
967:and the
824:Pentagon
804:draftees
726:and the
674:New York
418:such as
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174:Commands
111:Service/
2707:3 April
2020:"S.O.S"
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495:Stenay
462:, and
207:Awards
159:0-3665
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102:
51:"Bill"
2036:9 May
1879:Notes
1630:Major
1584:Major
1497:Cadet
1488:Date
1355:with
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697:Rhine
588:major
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478:when
476:Paris
2913:OCLC
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2884:ISBN
2861:ISBN
2838:ISBN
2825:2009
2790:2015
2768:2015
2740:ISBN
2709:2018
2702:2442
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