Reminiscences of Leonard Dudley Heaton : oral history, 1975.

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Reminiscences of Leonard Dudley Heaton : oral history, 1975.

World War II army medical experience; Commanding General at Walter Reed Medical Center, 1953-69: health habits of President Eisenhower, ileitis operation, heart and cerebral condition of the president; impressions of President Eisenhower and General Howard Snyder, MD.

Transcript: 80 leaves.

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