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Adam T. Raczhowski, 89, receives the Purple Heart from Secretary of the Army John O. Marsh Jr. nearly 66 years after he was hospitalized following a gas attack on his unit, the 2nd Battalion, 308th Infantry, 77th Division, on August 18, 1918, in the Vesle Sector near Chateau Thierry, France. Raczkowski did not realize the Purple Heart was authorized for gassing as well as flesh wounds. With him are his wife Anna and Representative Nancy L. Johnson, Republican-Connecticut
Adam T. Raczkowski, an 89-year-old veteran of World War I, is congratulated by Secretary of the Army John O. Marsh Jr. after receiving his Purple Heart Medal nearly 66 years after it was earned. Raczkowski was a private serving in France with 2nd Battalion, 308th Infantry, 77th Division, when he was hospitalized after a German gas attack. Not realizing that injuries sustained in a gas attack qualified him for a Purple Heart, Raczkowski never put in for the medal
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Second Lieutenant Samuel S. Junkin, Jr., U.S. Army Air Force of Natchez, Mississippi, at a Canadian army hospital in Britain. He has been awarded two high United States for bravery: the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Purple Heart. He was decorated by Brigadier General F.O.D. Hunter, Commanding General, Fighter Command, U.S. Eight Air Force while in the hospital recovering from wounds received at the combined operations raid at Dieppe. Left to right: Brigadier General H.A. Craig, Brigadier General L.I. Truscott, Jr., Captain A.H. Willetts, RAF (Royal Air Force) Brigadier General F.O.D. Hunter, and Second Lieutenant Junkin
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U.S. Marine Corps Brig. GEN. Richard Kramlich, Commanding General,1ST Force Service Support Group (1FSSG), meets with Combat Service Support Company 115 (CSSC-115) and discusses the fight in and around Camp Fallujah, Iraq, on Nov. 15, 2004. Brig. GEN. Kramlich lets the troops know that they are an asset in the fight on terrorism. (U.S. Marine Corps PHOTO by Lance CPL. Samantha L. Jones) (Released)
Second Lieutenant Samuel S. Junkin, Jr., U.S. Army Air Force of Natchez, Mississippi, at a Canadian army hospital in Britain. He has been awarded two high United States for bravery: the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Purple Heart. He was decorated by Brigadier General F.O.D. Hunter, Commanding General, Fighter Command, U.S. Eight Air Force while in the hospital recovering from wounds received at the combined operations raid at Dieppe. Left to right: Brigadier General H.A. Craig, Brigadier General L.I. Truscott, Jr., Captain A.H. Willetts, RAF (Royal Air Force) Brigadier General F.O.D. Hunter, and Second Lieutenant Junkin
Adam T. Raczhowski, 89, wears the Purple Heart he received from Secretary of the Army John O. Marsh Jr. nearly 66 years after he was hospitalized following a gas attack on his unit, the 2nd Battalion, 308th Infantry, 77th Division, on August 18, 1918, in the Vesle Sector near Chateau Thierry, France. Raczkowski did not realize the Purple Heart was authorized for gassing as well as flesh wounds. With him are his wife Anna and Representative Nancy L. Johnson, Republican-Connecticut
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