Medal of Honor Monday: Army Tech Sgt. Vernon McGarity
Dec. 16, 2019 | BY Katie Lange , DOD News
Army Tech Sgt. Vernon McGarity spent the last few months of World War II in a prisoner of war camp in Germany. The actions that got him there helped the Allies win the critical Battle of the Bulge — and earned him the Medal of Honor.
McGarity was born Dec. 1, 1921, in rural Right, Tennessee. He worked with the Depression-era Civilian Conservation Corps before being drafted into the Army on Nov. 24, 1942, a week shy of his 21st birthday. By late 1944, McGarity was a staff sergeant, fighting his way across Europe as the squad leader of Company L of the 393rd Infantry, 99th Infantry Division.
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