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Dr. Frederick W. Rankin
Lexington _
Kentucky
Dear Dr. Rankin:
I should like to present my congratulations
upon your election to the highest office in American
medicine. I even feel a bit of reflected glory in
it for our old Base Hospital 26 crowd.
You have rendered most distinguished
service to the medical profession of this country,
as well as having attained an outstanding position
in your own field of surgery. The honor is well
deserved, and I am glad that it was awarded to you at
this time. ‘ g
. Sincerely yours,
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Harold S. Diehl
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