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  • 'True hero' of WWII has died

    03/15/2011 7:43:40 PM PDT · by Born Conservative · 15 replies
    Citizen's Voice (Wilkes-Barre, PA) ^ | 3/15/2011 | Erin Moody
    For 55 years, George H. Keil barely breathed a word about the scars he bore on both legs - and a bullet still in one - and the actions in World War II that earned him medals including the Distinguished Service Cross, a Bronze Star and a Purple Heart. The Distinguished Service Cross is one step below a Medal of Honor. U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Keil, 94, of the Hudson section of Plains Township, died Saturday at Wilkes-Barre General Hospital. "He was a true hero," said Gerry O'Donnell, friend and president and CEO of MotorWorld Automotive Group. Newspaper clippings from...