My American Hero

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Robert Eugene Cornish

World War Two Veteran and my Dad

Company K, 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry

Third Infantry Division

            15th Infantry Coat of Arms  and 3rd Infantry Division Crest                

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3D Infantry Division Shoulder Patch

DECORATIONS

bulletBronze Star
bulletPurple Heart
bulletAmerican Campaign Medal
bulletEuropean-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with Bronze Service Star
bulletWorld War II Victory Medal
bulletGood Conduct Medal
bulletCombat Infantry Badge
bulletMarksman Badge - Rifle and Mortar designation

Wounded Feb 7,1944 Anzio Italy

Ashford General Hospital, White Sulphur Springs ,West Virginia

Story of his experience when he was wounded in Italy. The story as printed in The Ashford News, the publication of Ashford General Hospital.