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To: GrouchoTex
My Dad, now 91, was a Sgt in 101st Combat Engineers, 26th Infantry Division, 3rd Army (Patton Armored), was shot by a German sniper while rescuing 2 wounded fellow soldiers in a field during a firefight, and received the Purple Heart and Bronze Star.

He still wears a sweater in the summer evenings and hates the winters here in PA, due to that -50°F weather. He and other guys had to dig frozen turnips and potatoes from abandoned fields to feed their units, since they were so low on food, fuel and ammo, until they were finally resupplied.

God Bless your Uncle; RIP.

9 posted on 12/22/2015 12:50:06 PM PST by Carriage Hill (0bummer: NO to the Keystone Oil Pipeline, but YES to the Mideast muslim Sewerline.)
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To: carriage_hill

God Bless your Dad and God Bless ex-snook


10 posted on 12/22/2015 1:25:43 PM PST by GrouchoTex (...and ye shall know the Truth and the Truth shall set you free....)
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To: carriage_hill

Please salute your Father for me and then give him a hug.

I just read your post to my son and his buddies all Army vets. They also would like to salute your Father.


13 posted on 12/22/2015 1:37:08 PM PST by mad_as_he$$ ("It gets late early around here..." Yogi)
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