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Congressman pushes for Medal of Honor for D-Day commander (Dick Winters)
PennLive.com/AP ^ | 6/7/2005 | KIMBERLY HEFLING

Posted on 06/07/2005 5:23:37 AM PDT by Born Conservative

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To: Born Conservative

A local hero (he lives down the road in Hershey) as well as a national one!


21 posted on 06/07/2005 9:02:17 AM PDT by airborne (Dear Lord, please be with my family in Iraq. Keep them close to You and safely in Your arms.)
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IIRC, the reason Winters was not awarded the MoH was because the D-Day medals were 'rationed' with one per division. The 101st MoH went posthumously to Lieutenant Colonel Robert Cole.
22 posted on 09/17/2005 10:46:06 AM PDT by JAWs
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