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Great story!
Similar thing happened to my Uncle. AT gunner with the 30th ID at Mortain, France ("The lost battalion") surrounded during "le contre attaque". In 1984 he received a Bronze Star with V. I was 14 at the time and don't remember how the award was submitted, but remember the ceremony.
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"The rifle itself has no moral stature, since it has no will of its own. Naturally, it may be used by evil men for evil purposes, but there are more good men than evil, and while the latter cannot be persuaded to the path of righteousness by propaganda, they can certainly be corrected by good men with rifles." — Jeff Cooper
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