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3rd Infantry Division presents Silver Star award to 107-year-old World War II veteran
U.S. Army ^
| October 4, 2022
| By Pfc. Bernabe Lopez III
Posted on 10/07/2022 5:14:22 PM PDT by ApplegateRanch
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107 Years old; miraculously survived 6 amphibious landings; was one of only 7 out of his company to survive WWII, despite being shot 3 times; awarded 2 Purple Hearts.
Miracle of miracles, he also survived the Roughly 80 years it took, thanks to a records fire, until his Silver Star was finally awarded.
To: ApplegateRanch
Dang!
To: ApplegateRanch
My dad was born about a year later than this man and was in the Anzio landing. He met my mother in Rome. Sadly, he died young.
Well done, Sgt. Nelson.
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posted on
10/07/2022 5:19:23 PM PDT
by
Larry Lucido
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To: ApplegateRanch
According to Nelson, he had run out of ammunition, ran a couple hundred yards under enemy fire, climbed on top of an abandoned German tank and fired the machine gun at the enemy to allow his men to advance.
Not trying to be a smart-a$$ here, but there was a scene just like that in “To Hell and Back” (Audie Murphy biopic). Pretty sure it took place in Southern France (in the movie).
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posted on
10/07/2022 5:22:56 PM PDT
by
rbg81
To: ApplegateRanch
Miracle of miracles, he also survived the Roughly 80 years it took, thanks to a records fire, until his Silver Star was finally awarded.
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Mine were destroyed in the same fire at the records center in St Louis. Fortunately for me and thousands of other vets those records were also on micro film in Washington D.C.
To: GaltAdonis
(According to Nelson, he had run out of ammunition, ran a couple hundred yards under enemy fire, climbed on top of an abandoned German tank and fired the machine gun at the enemy to allow his men to advance. )
WOW! That’s basically what Audie Murphy did.
To: ApplegateRanch
Gads 80 years for a silver star. This man also deserves some kind of medal for being 107 years old surviving life’s slings and arrows.
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posted on
10/07/2022 5:25:39 PM PDT
by
Karliner
(Heb 4:12 Rom 8:28 Rev 3, "...This is the end of the beginning." Churchill)
To: ApplegateRanch
he had run out of ammunitionHow DARE they assume their pronouns!
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posted on
10/07/2022 5:26:20 PM PDT
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Jeff Chandler
(THE ISSUE IS NEVER THE ISSUE. THE REVOLUTION IS THE ISSUE.)
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To: ApplegateRanch
Damn he looks good for 107.
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posted on
10/07/2022 5:30:39 PM PDT
by
Secret Agent Man
(Gone Galt; not averse to Going Bronson.)
To: Levy78; Graybeard58
St Louis fire got mine, from the 60s, as well.
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posted on
10/07/2022 5:31:31 PM PDT
by
ApplegateRanch
(Love me, love my guns!)
To: Secret Agent Man
He sounded good—MUCH better than Slow-Joe— on our local news, too.
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posted on
10/07/2022 5:32:32 PM PDT
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ApplegateRanch
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To: ApplegateRanch
Wow, what a hero. Well deserved.
I had a great uncle who died in WWII, obviously never met him. I found out a few years ago he was awarded the Silver Star posthumously. I’ve got no idea what his citation reads.
He was a B-24 Navigator who died in a crash.
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posted on
10/07/2022 5:33:59 PM PDT
by
cyclotic
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To: ApplegateRanch
Rock of the Marne! That refers the second WWI battle that was fought at the Marne River, at which the 3rd ID rose to the occasion and prevailed against enormous odds. It became the nickname of the 3rd ID.
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posted on
10/07/2022 5:40:51 PM PDT
by
ought-six
(Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule. )
To: ApplegateRanch
The same fire got mine from the 50s...
To: ApplegateRanch
Rock of the Marne bump
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posted on
10/07/2022 6:03:49 PM PDT
by
kiryandil
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To: ping jockey
My dad was in the South Pacific in the Marines in WW2.
Great uncle survived the Bataan Death march in the Army in WW2.
Grandfather built Navy ships at the Philadelphia Navy yard during WW2.
I was in the Junior Naval ROTC in high school - but did not afterwards enlist.
To: ping jockey
"...At 5 years old ... that was in 1969..." .
Pj, you are my age! (58)
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posted on
10/08/2022 11:03:44 AM PDT
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SunkenCiv
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