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EARL B. McELFRESH, Special to the Olean Times Herald

May 26, 2015

For conspicuous gallantry: My Dad vs. the empire of Japan

World War II began for my dad, John McElfresh, in the lobby of The First National Bank a couple of days after Pearl Harbor.

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