File:Louis Van Iersel enlistment March 1942 (22371185003).jpg

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Description Lot-9425-12: Hero of World War Fights Again. Diminutive, 47-year old Sergeant Louis Van Yersel, one of America’s outstanding heroes of World War I and Medal of Honor recipient, is pictured at U.S. Marine recruiting headquarters in Los Angeles, California, being sworn into fight in World War II. During World War I, he served in the U.S. Army. During World War II, he served in the U.S. Marines with the 3rd Marine Division in the Pacific. Van Iersel was born in the Netherlands on October 19, 1893, and he died on June 9, 1987. Photograph released March 1942. Office of War Information. (2015/11/13).
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Author National Museum of the U.S. Navy

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This image was originally posted to Flickr by Photograph Curator at https://flickr.com/photos/127906254@N06/22371185003 (archive). It was reviewed on 13 July 2018 by FlickreviewR 2 and was confirmed to be licensed under the terms of the Public Domain Mark.

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Public domain This image is a work of an employee of the United States Farm Security Administration or Office of War Information domestic photographic units, taken as part of that person's official duties. As a work of the U.S. federal government, the image is in the public domain in the United States. See Copyright.

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