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D12889-9
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- 1942-06-02 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Portrait taken in June of 1942 of Brig. Gen. Walter J. DeLong, State Adjutant General. Gen. DeLong was the commander of the Fourth and Fifth Washington Volunteer Infantry Brigade. This picture ran in the Tacoma Times with a call for more volunteers for the Washington State Guard. Gen. DeLong pointed out that five of the six companies of the 2nd Battalion Fourth Regiment were stationed right here in Tacoma. There were three rifle companies, the Battalion Headquarters Co. and the Regimental Service and Headquarters Co., which included the band, medical, supply, transportation and communication groups. (T. Times 6/8/1942, pg. 1)
Delong, Walter J.; Washington State Guard (Tacoma);