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Never really talked about how he had risked his life to save others. >> he had a place about that big in his hip that was about like a -- a softball i would say that -- a hole in his hip like that. and i ask him many times, you know, what happened and tried to get him to explain and he would try to tell me some things, but he just didn't want to talk about it. >> lieutenant conner returned from war and started a tobacco farm in kentucky. he never bragged about his acts of bravery. and barely spoke about them. hence his nickname, the silent farmer. he earned four silver stars and three purple h...
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