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7. Neville Brand...
Mon Jun 30, 2025, 06:08 AM
Jun 30

Last edited Mon Jun 30, 2025, 06:44 AM - Edit history (1)

...was an actual WW2 hero and was seriously wounded by German machine gun fire and almost bled to death. He was awarded a Silver Star Medal as well as the Purple Heart. Although born in Iowa, he was raised in my hometown of Kewanee, a small nowhere prairie town in northwestern Illinois. He graduated from Kewanee high school there, as did I.

Although I think George doesn't post directly to DU, it would be interesting to hear him weigh in on this OP.

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