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Medal of Honor Citation: On 31 July 1943, the infantry company of which Pvt. Young was a member, was ordered to make a limited withdrawal from the battle line in order to adjust the battalion's position for the night. At this time, Pvt. Young's platoon was engaged with the enemy in a dense ju...
When I think of you, I do not like to think of you as gone, that hurts my heart, but I think of you like it was the other day and you were alive and well, enjoying life. We do not get up to Arlington as much as I would like and I fear that the older your dad and I get, that this may become a har...
Charles Trescott was good friend of my father and fellow soldier. I was named after Charles Trescott and Robert Johnston (Army, Casualty Date: 02/01/1968). God Bless them both.
Captain Abene was awarded the Purple Heart.
You are our hero, Joe. May you rest in peace.
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Private Baggarly was awarded the Purple Heart.
His name is Thomas Gerald Dickerson. Everybody called him Tommy or Buck. I simply call him Daddy. Buck is the name that other veterans remember him by. I never knew my daddy. He was killed when I was 4 months old. He never got to come home between the time I was born and his death. My gr...