Heaton Leonard D« 
Filed J Belgian Congo Exped# 
Commanding General Leonard D. Heaton 
Walter Reed Army Medical Center 
Washington, D* C. 
Subject: Official Leave for Roy L* Sexton, Jr. requs sted by 
U, S. Smithsonian Institution. 
The Smi thsonian-Bredin Expedition will have as its object 
the study of mites, ticks, fleas, etc. in the Belgian Congo 
It is desired that Roy L. Sexton, Jr., Chief of the Photo Labor- 
atory, Army Medical Center, be given leave of absence to 
accom])any this expedition as Staff Photographer. 
He would be expected to report to Leopoldville on Apriljfllth 
and should be well able to return to Washington via Cairo ^ 
by June 20th. 
His unusual ability ^kn medical and micro photography renders 
this type of service to the expedition 
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