Long delayed, much appreciated…
Via Fox News:
It took seven decades, but former U.S. Army Pvt. Horace Appleby finally got the dozen medals — including the Silver Star — that he earned on a European battlefield where he dashed into enemy fire to save a fellow soldier.
Now 101 years old and living in Toledo, Ohio, Appleby never gave much thought to what he did on Jan. 6, 1945, dismissing his inspiring valor as simply a soldier’s duty. But his great-niece, Renee Hahn, became interested in the story, and started researching Appleby’s military records, according to the Toledo Blade. Hahn found the long-yellowed military documents that proved her great uncle was an American hero.
“He’s the family treasure,” Hahn, of Perrysburg, told the newspaper. “You better believe it.”