Photo: Courtesy of Clark Simmons
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Madelyn Blonskey, Army Nurse Corps
Pearl Harbor witness
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Mr Dole later became a Kansas Senator, Senate Majority Leader, and 1996 Republican candidate for US President.
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Lieutenant Colonel James Megellas, U.S. Army
The most decorated veteran of the 82nd Airborne Division, for his acts of valor during the Second World War
Received the Distinguished Service Cross
The Silver Star and Bronze Star
The Purple Heart and the Presidential Unit Citation
The American Campaign medal and the World War II Victory Medal
The Army of Occupation Medal and the National Defense Service Medal
Carl Carson, U.S. Navy
Survivor of Pearl Harbor, USS Arizona
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Master Sergeant Keeble, U.S. Army
Received the Distinguished Service Cross
Received a Navy Presidential Unit Citation
The Silver Star, the Bronze Star
Two Purple Hearts and the Combat Infantryman Badge
and Awarded The Medal of Honor
Royden Stork, U.S. Army Air Forces
Distinguished Flying Cross Citation
1941-1945
Clark Simmons, U.S. Navy
Survivor at Pearl Harbor, USS Utah
Tony Curtis, U.S. Navy
Master Sergeant Woodrow Wilson Keeble was in World War II and the Korean War. He was a full-blooded member of the Sisseton Wahpeton Oyate of the Lake Traverse Reservation, a Sioux Native American tribe. He was a highly-decorated U.S. war veteran, his actions in combat were impressive.
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Joe DeLos Lumbert, U.S. Navy
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Private John Henry Klopp, U.S. Army
World War II
Thank you so much for fighting for my freedom. I know it wasn’t easy and I am truly thankful for your sacrifice and answer to duty. You left an amazing legacy and I am forever grateful.
Your granddaughter – Nancy in Idaho
Photo: Courtesy of Carl Carson
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Private Earl Joseph Keating, U.S. Army
Photo: Courtesy of Madelyn Blonskey Knapp.
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Curtis enlisted after the attack on Pearl Harbor. He served until the end of the war and was wounded at Guam.
Photo: Courtesy of Royden Stork
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The best of the Red White and Blue
Bob Dole, U.S. Army
1942-48-WW2-10th Mountain Division-Bronze Star, 2 Purple Hearts.
This hero was instrumental in us winning in the Battle of the Bulge in WWII. He is the one you’ve heard stories about, the one platoon where they are surrounded by Germans who didn’t realize he/they were there.
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