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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 62 STAT. · Mar. 9, 1948 · Public Law 38

Public Law 38.

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*Unknown American of World War II, Medal of Honor.* AN ACT To authorize the President to award the Medal of Honor to the unknown American who lost his life while serving overseas in the armed forces of the United States during the Second World War Mar. 9, 1948 71 439 *Military departments, etc., acceptance of gifts for institutions.* AN ACT To authorize the Secretary of the Army, the Secretary of the Navy, the Secretary of the Air Force, or the Secretary of the Treasury to accept and use gifts, devises, and bequests for schools, hospitals, libraries, cemeteries, and other institutions under the jurisdiction of the Department of the Army, the Department of the Navy, the Department of the Air Force, or the Department of the Treasury respectively, and for other purposes Mar. 11, 1948 71 440
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