The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Collection

Brave Americans : Corp. John R. O'Brien

Corporal John R. O'Brien, who received the Medaille-Militaire and the Croix de Guerre for capturing a machine gun nest and being an exemplary leader during World War I. Part of a series of portraits painted by Joseph Cummings Chase and commissioned by the Art Committee for the War.


1919-05-04

1919

12.5 x 7.5 cm

Tribune Company

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  • The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

  • Chicago Sunday Tribune (May 4, 1919), Rotogravure Section, p. 7

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