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War with a medal on his chest. a bronze star for valor that went in the drawer never to be spoken of again. when dad's platoon came under heavy fire, i his citation read that he led his men to safety. until the day he died he seldom spoke of those days in korea. battles of pork chop hill. he didn't need to. he was called to fight for his country, and he did his duty. and he never considered himself a hero. our dad used to say the heroes were the guys that didn't get to come home. but that kid from the south side of chicago was called to defend america oceans away, to stand against a superior f...
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