Lieutenant General Patton of the US 3rd Army awarding the Silver Star medal to Private Ernest Jenkins for gallantry during actions at Chateaudun, France, 13 Oct 1944

Caption     Lieutenant General Patton of the US 3rd Army awarding the Silver Star medal to Private Ernest Jenkins for gallantry during actions at Chateaudun, France, 13 Oct 1944 ww2dbase
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Identification Code   208-FS-3489-2
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Added Date 19 Sep 2007

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1. Commenter identity confirmed Bill says:
7 May 2015 07:58:09 PM

WAR IS THE FATHER OF ALL THINGS:

WARRIORS:

" Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn't be there, eighty are just targets, nine are real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back"

- HERACLITUS - 535 - 475 GREEK PHILOSOPHER
2. Scott says:
13 Oct 2020 04:19:07 PM

To get the silver Star I can't even imagine what he did to get that medal... God bless him

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