My hat is off to this hero! How wonderful that he was recognized this way.
My FIL went to military school so at 17 was a first lieutenant in WWII. He went to Africa first and then through Italy. If he were still alive today, he would’ve been 100. Died at 92. Rarely talked about his time in the foxholes.
My godfather was in WWII and went from Africa up through Italy. He said they slept in their fox holes and didn’t get a shower or bath from October until April. He didn’t say much about it except you can’t understand unless you were there.