There were surgical scars on John Edgar Hoover’s face in this photo.
— TVJ — 3/17/22 —

“J. Edgar Hoover.

Photograph of J. Edgar Hoover. John Edgar Hoover (1895-1972) an American law enforcement administrator and the first Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation of the United States. (Photo by: Universal History Archive/ Universal Images Group via Getty Images). Date created: December 31, 1935.”

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