Template:Did you know nominations/Beulah Ream Allen

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The result was: promoted by Cwmhiraeth (talk) 06:34, 22 September 2020 (UTC)

Beulah Ream Allen

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General Douglas MacArthur presents the Medal of Freedom to Beulah Ream Allen

... that American civilian physician Beulah Ream Allen (pictured, right) received the Medal of Freedom for aiding fellow prisoners in two Japanese internment camps in the Philippines during World War II? Source: "For her selfless care of the sick and wounded, under the most trying conditions, and for her subsequent service to fellow prisoners in two concentration camps, she was awarded the Freedom Medal by General Douglas MacArthur" (The Daily Herald); "Dr. Beulah R. Allen, formerly of Berkeley, has been awarded the Medal of Freedom by the United States Army for meritorious service as a civilian physician in the Philippines during the war" (Oakland Tribune)

ALT1: ... that American volunteer civilian physician Beulah Ream Allen (pictured, right) survived three Japanese internment camps in the Philippines during World War II? Sources: several
Comment: I prefer ALT1 for its brevity, but if the reviewer likes the angle in ALT0 we could tweak it more.
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Vaccine Safety Net

Improved to Good Article status by SusunW (talk). Nominated by Yoninah (talk) at 20:03, 13 September 2020 (UTC).

QPQ

Supplied by nominator, and has not been used as a QPQ elsewhere

Eligibility

Article achieved GA status September 13, 2020
8423 characters (1429 words) "readable prose size"

Sourcing

Every paragraph is sourced, often more than once

Hook

Hook is is 181 characters, stated in the article, and sourced
ALT1 hook is 141 characters, stated in the article, and sourced

Images

Image is PD as the work of a US government employee

Copyvio check

Earwig's tool shows no signs of concern - one of the cleanest articles on this kind of check that I've ever seen.

I also prefer ALT1, as surviving multiple internment camps is more hooky. — Maile (talk) 20:51, 13 September 2020 (UTC)

Thank you. I struck the first hook and also added a link to Medal of Freedom in the caption. Yoninah (talk) 21:03, 13 September 2020 (UTC)