Times Record, February 25, 1942, p. 1: the front-page report of Oak's medal. Continued on p. 5.
Image · dated 25 Feb 1942 · source: Times Record, via the owner's signed-in Newspapers.com viewer

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- Brunswick/Bath Times Record, 25 Feb 1942, p. 1: "President's Medal Awarded Employe of Central Maine"