July 11, 1941

President Franklin D. Roosevelt appoints William J. Donovan, a prominent lawyer who won the Medal of Honor during World War I, as "Coordinator of Information."

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A close up of the medal ribbons above the left breast pocket

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William J. Donovan’s Medal of Honor

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