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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Married. Pfc. Alton W. Knappen-berger, 20, Nazi-slaying "one man army of Anzio"; and Ruth Eickhoff, 16, his home town sweetheart; in Red Hill, Pa. The Congressional Medal of Honor winner was told to "speak up" when applying for the license, later delayed the marriage ceremony by forgetting the document, had to run back...
Technical Sergeant Charles E. ("Commando") Kelly, now an infantry instructor at Fort Benning, overstayed a furlough in Pittsburgh by six days, was hailed before a court-martial. The officer-judges sentenced the holder of the Congressional Medal of Honor to: $90 fine, 90 days confinement to camp. Asked Kelly: "Can I go to the movies?" Said the court-martial : Yes, if the movies are in the camp...
...raised his father's share of his Marine Corps pay from $25 to $50 last year. The day after he got the news of Peter's death, Governor Salton stall spoke at a Boston memorial service for Marine Aviator Lieut. Robert M. Hanson, winner of the Congressional Medal of Honor...
...American Legionnaires and the members of the Mayor's committee, with little COMMITTEE ribbons stuck in their lapels, stood about uneasily as marines from Pennsylvania spilled off the train. Also at the station, in snappy summer khaki, was Lieut. Mitchell Paige, the 1st Division's famed Congressional Medal winner, who had come home three weeks earlier. The marines spied Paige and formed a circle around...
Reaching its present important status for the first time during the first World War, the Chaplains Corps expanded to a total of 2364 men. The chaplains received many awards for gallantry in action, five men being given the Distinguished Service Medal and 23 others the Distinguished Service Cross. Seven thousand chaplains are new serving with the Army on fronts all over the world...