'Still one of us': 92-year-old gets Purple Heart from WWII
By: The Associated Press, March 27, 2017 (Photo Credit: Andrew Craft/The Fayetteville Observer via AP)
FAYETTEVILLE, N.C. — A 92-year-old North Carolina man has finally received the Purple Heart he earned more than 70 years ago while fighting in Belgium during World War II.
Oscar Davis Jr. was a private assigned as a radio telephone operator when he was knocked down by a large piece of shrapnel during the Battle of the Bulge, according to a Fayetteville Observer report. The radio on Davis' back protected him, but the German artillery barrage knocked down a tree that fell on Davis, injuring his spine.
https://www.armytimes.com/articles/still-one-of-us-92-year-old-gets-purple-heart-from-wwii
