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According to The Chickasha Daily Express., June 05, 1919, Page 8, column 2 (top)
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Byrd was an Olympic discus champion.

"Richard Leslie "Dick" Byrd (May 16, 1892 – June 20, 1958) was an American athlete and baseball player who won the silver medal in the discus throw at the 1912 Summer Olympics." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Byrd_(athlete) www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=68490211

"Joseph "Colonel Joe" Henry Thompson (September 26, 1871 – February 1, 1928) was a highly decorated World War I veteran, recipient of the Medal of Honor, lawyer, Pennsylvania state senator, head football coach of the University of Pittsburgh Panthers, and College Football Hall of Fame inductee." en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_H._Thompson

It seems that the photo shows athletes of the soldier team at the Inter-Allied Games in Paris 1919. Among the members were: - Meredith House, Riverside, Cal., 200-metre low hurdles - Fred W. Kelly, Los Angeles, 100-metre high hurdles - R. L. Byrd, Chicago, discus throw - Ed Caughey, Ukiah, Cal., 16-pound shot put (s. The evening world., June 23, 1919, Final Edition, Image 15, col. 1 & 2 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030193/1919-06-23/ed-...)

Looks to be taken at the same location as:

I hypothesize that both pictures were taken just after the troops arrived back in North America.

New-York Tribune., August 10, 1919, Page 23
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reported that members of the Inter-Allied track team were on the Imperator and due to dock at Hoboken that afternoon.

Norwich bulletin., August 11, 1919, page 1, column 2, half-way down
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confirmed that Colonel Joseph H. Thompson was with them on the Imperator.

Capt. J. A. Praether is J. Allen Praether "special representative (of the Capitol City Athletic Club, Washington), former captain, United States army ... J. Allen Praether, well known in the sporting world here, has been authorized to promote, organize and solicit subscriptions for the capital stock of the new club." (The Washington herald., December 16, 1920, Page 3, col. 1 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83045433/1920-12-16/ed-...)

Edgar R. Caughey was the winner of the shot put, s. The sun., August 11, 1919, Page 9, col. 5 chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn83030431/1919-08-11/ed-... According to other sources, his name was Reginald E. Caughey, s. e.g. - 'Annals of the Olympic Club, San Francisco', 1914, p. 43: "Reg. Caughey — He is Australian champion in putting the 16-pound shot" archive.org/stream/annalsofolympicc00olym#page/42/mode/2up/ and - 'Stanford: Home of Champions' by Gary Migdol, p. 51: "Stanford LEGEND - Reginald E. "Reg" Caughey" books.google.com/books?id=ntBDmB_fYo8C&pg=PA51&lp...

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