Lt. General Jacob L. Devers Congratulates Capt. Gerald K. Geerlings Of New Canaan, Connn., After Presenting Him The Legion Of Merit During A Ceremony At Middlesex, England On 16 October 1943. This World War II image has been declassified under the following NARA Authority: NND983062.

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