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Medal of Honor winners
In the history of America 39 million have served in the military...and 3,500 have been awarded the Medal of Honor. A new book has photographs and the stories of the current living Medal of Honor winners...which I think numbers around 140. One of the stories is about a 14 year old that lied about his age and joined the Marines during the 2nd World War. He was made some kind of a clerk but went AWOL from that duty to stow away on a ship of Marines that was headed for Okinawa. He made the Okinawa invasion and when two grenades were thrown into a fox hole he and others were in...he jumped on top of the grenades to protect his fellow Marines. He survived and was awarded the Medal of Honor. When he arrived home his mother insisted that he go back to school and complete his education...which he did. He was a ninth grader and possessed the Medal of Honor.
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