Every day that my Dad wakes up is a day I treasure... He is 82 and is and always will be MY hero.
E Co, 39th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division...
- Belgian Fourragere
- Cited in the Order of the day of the Belgian Army for action at the MEUSE RIVER
- Cited in the Order of the day of the Belgian Army for action in the ARDENNES
He survived being torpedoed on the USS Thomas Stone, walked and fought from
Algeria-French Morocco
Tunisia
Sicily
Normandy
Northern France
Ardennes-Alsace
Rhineland
Central Europe and almost all the way to Berlin before he was taken out of action by an 8mm Mauser round through the leg.
We owe them all a debt we can never repay...
-John
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