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    WWII vet presented medal earned 65 years ago

    WEST JORDAN, UTAH, UNITED STATES

    11.19.2010

    Photo by Staff Sgt. Brock Jones 

    128th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment

    With his wife by his side, Richard Johnson of Herriman, Utah, cuts a cake created in his honor following a ceremony at the E. J. Garn Aviation Complex in West Jordan Nov. 19, 2010. in which he was finally given a Bronze Star Medal he earned 65 years ago. During the ceremony, Johnson, an 83-year-old World War II veteran who served in the European Theater of Operations as an infantry machine gunner with the 194th Glider Infantry Regiment, 17th Airborne Division, officially received the BSM he earned during WWII for saving a fellow soldier’s life.

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    Date Taken: 11.19.2010
    Date Posted: 11.30.2010 15:08
    Photo ID: 344637
    VIRIN: 101119-A-9669J-069
    Resolution: 2592x3888
    Size: 659.77 KB
    Location: WEST JORDAN, UTAH, US

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