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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Jim Dale, post: 7609786, member: 100459&quot;]My father served in three different wars.&nbsp; In the U.S. Navy Corpsman submarine duty in the South Pacific during WWII.&nbsp; He was awarded for his actions in saving a man on the deck that had frozen with a Purple Heart for being wounded during his rescue.&nbsp; He changed service to the U.S. Army during the Korean War.&nbsp; He was a medic.&nbsp; Under heavy fire, and with several men wounded, he treated and brought them out of the line of fire.&nbsp; He was wounded on his third rescue but he went back for his fourth man.&nbsp; Bronze Star and Purple Heart.&nbsp; I was 5 at that time.&nbsp; He was medivac to the states.&nbsp; During the Vietnam fiasco, my brother was in the U.S. Navy and serving on a ship when it was hit.&nbsp; My brother was hurt and shipped back to the states.&nbsp; He was awarded the Purple Heart.&nbsp; I was in the U.S. Army at Fort Bragg in the 82nd Airborne Division.&nbsp; My father was in Vietnam the same time as my brother.&nbsp; He was walking across a helicopter pad when he was hit by a mortar.&nbsp; Number 3 Purple Heart.&nbsp; I was 21 at the time.&nbsp; Due to the Sullivan Act, I was exluded from combat duty.&nbsp; I asked my father before I filed for exemption.&nbsp; His words, &quot;Hell, no! Isn&#039;t 2 of us enough this time.&quot;&nbsp; I became a law clerk in the 82nd Airborne Division because they found out I could type.&nbsp; From 1968 and 70, I sat in over 300 court-martials.&nbsp; Most of them were men that got orders to Vietnam and didn&#039;t want to go, or they didn&#039;t want any part of the military.&nbsp; </p><p>My father framed all of his awards and medals for bravery.&nbsp; My father was 5&#039;7&quot; and weighed 120 pounds in stocking feet.&nbsp; I have pictures, if I can find them.</p><p>I just finished reading a book of George Washington&#039;s life during his military career.</p><p>I am glad that we are still honoring him.&nbsp; He was a real leader and hero.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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