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Purple Heart military medal awarded to George Robb for wounds received during WWI. Originally from Assaria, Kansas, Robb trained as a teacher at Park College in Missouri and attended Columbia University in New York. During the war he was assigned as a lieutenant to the 369th Infantry Regiment, an African-American regiment comprised of New York National Guardsmen from Harlem. On September 29, 1918, George was wounded while leading an assault near Sechault, France. His actions that evening displayed such heroism that, along with the Purple Heart, George was awarded the Medal of Honor. Following the war, he worked as a postmaster in Salina and served as the Kansas State Auditor.
Date: 1932
Item Number: 223577
Call Number: 1973.148.1
KSHS Identifier: 1973.148.1
Collections - Museum
Date - 1930s - 1932
Military - Service - National Guard
Military - Wars - World War I
Objects and Artifacts - Communication Artifacts - Personal Symbol - Medal - Military
People - African Americans
People - Notable Kansans - Robb, George Seanor, 1887-1972
Places - Cities and towns - Assaria
Places - Cities and towns - Salina
Places - Counties - Saline
Places - Other States - New York
Thematic Time Period - World War I, 1914 - 1919
Type of Material - Objects and Artifacts
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