Posted on Jun 30, 2022

A D-Day Vet Finally Gets His Bronze Star and Purple Heart After 78 Years

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Army Chief of Staff Gen. James C. McConville arrived at Brooklyn's Fort Hamilton on June 28, 2022, to make good on an error that happened nearly 80 years ago. The general finally presented 97-year-old William Kellerman with the Prisoner of War Medal, Bronze Star and a Purple Heart.

Kellerman believes the paperwork for medals was never filed with the War Department because his superior officer didn't believe the soldier's story of capture in the hedgerows of France, escape via stolen bicycle and unlikely survival.

A D-Day Vet Finally Gets His Bronze Star and Purple Heart After 78 Years

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SMSgt Lawrence McCarter

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It's good to see He got what He was due at last and shame on His Commander for standing in the way and not processing that paperwork. My salute to Him !

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