[Leaning Right]

A story for Veterans Day, and perhaps also a reminder of how unassuming the Greatest Generation was.

[Leaning Right]

Crawford’s full biography is here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_J._Crawford

[LeonardFMason]

This is a story worthy of a movie.

In fact, MOST MOH stories are awesome and inspiring.

[airborne]

What an incredible man! As were the rest of “the greatest generation” who fought in WWII.

I read the story. He was even captured by Germans and held as a POW, and never was awarded his MOH until much later by President Reagan.

Happy Veterans Day to all of my brothers and sisters who served!

[Qiviut]

Bkmk

[norwaypinesavage]

Thanks for this reminder on Veteran’s Day. I’ve read this story several times before, and it always seems to be a bit blurry.

[Da Coyote]

That was back in the days of the “non woke”, e.g. professional military USAF Academy. Today? Who knows what the cadets would do. First of all, they’d have to check with their “political officer” to see what they could say. Not kidding. It is THAT corrupt. Hopefully, the Trumpster will kick the woke assholes out of there that they’ll land in Russia - where they belong.

[Pete Dovgan]

Happy Veterans day to all.

To the People of Pueblo, CO.... that small Colorado town that most people never notice on I-25

https://www.pueblohomeofheroes.org/

One of your own.

[ken in texas]

Several previous threads about this:

https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-vetscor/3474962/posts
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/3959772/posts
https://freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/4108143/posts

[Retain Mike]

This is a story you can post annually for me.

[The Truth Will Make You Free]

Crawford stared at the book for a while then simply said, “That was a long time ago and one day in my life.”

[P8riot]

PHENOMINAL!

[LouAvul]

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