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    "title": "American Legion military record of Ralph Fremont Slayton",
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        "Title supplied by cataloger.",
        "Latest date in record: 1929-07-20",
        "Same subject as listed in Slayton-R-F_Record-2",
        "Military organizations that the record subject belonged to that are listed in the record: 2nd Field B'n, Signal Corps ; Depot Co. F, Signal Corps; Co. A, 317th F.S. Bn; Signal Rdo School",
        "Military campaigns/battles the record subject was involved in: St. Mihiel; Meuse-Argonne",
        "Military ranks and other roles the record subject held: Corporal; Sergeant; Sergeant 1st Cl.; Master Signal Electrician; instructor of radio telegraphy; instructor of radio phones",
        "Other people: Major General C. P. Summerall, Commanding; Adjutant General Harry C. Kaefring, official; John C. F Slayton; Gertrude Lancaster Slayton; Louise M. Willard; Alice Lancaster Slayton; Ruth Hawley; Thomas Hawley; Mabel Perry Hawley; John Fremont Slayton; Hawley Slayton",
        "Other locations: Wellesley Street, Weston, Mass.; Millis, Mass.; N. E. Dep't Hdqtrs., Boston; Apremont, France; Ancemont, France; Avacourt, France; Thiacourt, France; Epinonville, France; Bayonville, France; St. Mihiel, France; Verriers Farm, France; Nuart, France; Stenay, France; Mont Faucon, France; Chappy, France; Weehawkin; La Ferte, France; Brest, France; Marseilles, France; Port of New York; Melrose, Mass; Calais, Vermont; Boston, Mass.; Crufts High Tension Labs, Cambridge; Eastern Radio Institute, Boston; Depot Co. F., Signal Corps Reserves, Burlington, VT; Camp Devens, Ayer, MA; Signal Rdo. Sch., University of Maryland; Argonne, France",
        "Other organizations: Snowdon's Private School, Melrose; Roch Ridge Hall, Wellesley; Bordertown Military Institute, NJ; Boston University"
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