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Old 05-30-2022, 08:39 AM
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Default A debt of honor

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Originally Posted by taltarzac725 View Post
might be of interest. This man was my uncle whose wife visited the villages quite often before she passed.

He was a small town hero in a suburb of chicago.

His extended family did not even know about this silver star as he kept it up in the attic. They found it years after he died when they were preparing to sell their home after my aunt passed away.
his heroism is duly noted,
thanked and revered as well to all of those band of brothers.