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OnDaFence 36M/44M
44267 posts
3/26/2017 7:00 pm

Last Read:
3/27/2017 11:29 am

Better LATE than Never....



A 92-year-old North Carolina man has finally received the Purple Heart he earned more than 70 years ago while fighting in Belgium during World War II. Oscar Davis Jr. received the Purple Heart on Saturday.



Davis was a private assigned as a radio telephone operator when he was knocked down by a large piece of shrapnel during the Battle of the Bulge. The radio on his back protected him, but the German artillery barrage knocked down a tree that fell on Davis, injuring his spine He was paralyzed from the waist down for three weeks and ultimately rejoined his unit in Germany.



Davis was told long ago that he would receive the honor, but the award paperwork was never signed.

OnDaFence 36M/44M

3/26/2017 7:27 pm

Thank you from a grateful nation.


OnDaFence 36M/44M

3/26/2017 7:28 pm

We're sorry it took so long.


OnDaFence 36M/44M

3/26/2017 7:28 pm

Sometimes things get lost in the paper shuffle.


OnDaFence 36M/44M

3/26/2017 7:29 pm

But your service is truly appreciated.


OnDaFence 36M/44M

3/26/2017 7:51 pm

    Quoting woodcarver2:
    Mr. Davis, Thank you for your service to Our Country.
I concur whole heartedly.


battle34me 108M
419 posts
3/26/2017 8:57 pm

about time! glad he finally received his award while he was here to accept it.


Hungr4Yungr 75M
5766 posts
3/26/2017 9:07 pm

In our country too, the honour of Veterans often gets lost in the shuffle of bureaucratic paperwork. I am happy to hear that this Vet was alive to receive his long overdue honours.


OnDaFence 36M/44M

3/26/2017 9:10 pm

    Quoting battle34me:
    about time! glad he finally received his award while he was here to accept it.
With the long over due public acknowledgement too!


OnDaFence 36M/44M

3/26/2017 9:12 pm

    Quoting Hungr4Yungr:
    In our country too, the honour of Veterans often gets lost in the shuffle of bureaucratic paperwork. I am happy to hear that this Vet was alive to receive his long overdue honours.
Our Veterans were treated like crap by the previous administration and now we are having to work overtime to make up for it.


OnDaFence 36M/44M

3/26/2017 9:40 pm

The highest honor a grateful nation can give in my book... far to many awarded posthumously.


OnDaFence 36M/44M

3/27/2017 11:29 am

    Quoting  :

They are becoming more illusive in our lamestream media.