Family receives Purple Heart 75 years after veteran sold it for food
June 09, 2019 Frank Wilkes Lesnefsky - The Times-Tribune
Pvt. William Myack stormed Utah Beach on D-Day, fighting his way through France and into Germany with the Army’s 4th Infantry Division.
After suffering numerous casualties, the Army sent Myack’s division into Germany’s Hurtgen Forest, said his nephew, Sgt. 1st Class Ronald Skamanich. On Dec. 3, 1944, with artillery shells raining down, Myack ran for cover. As he climbed into a tank, his rifle discharged, blowing off part of his foot, his nephew said.
Myack returned to Scranton with his Purple Heart, but there were no jobs, Skamanich said.
He bought food from a corner store with store credit, and at the end of the month when his bill was due, he didn’t have money.
https://americanmilitarynews.com/2019/06/family-receives-purple-heart-75-years-after-veteran-sold-it-for-food/
