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.
Date Taken: | 11.19.2010 |
Date Posted: | 11.30.2010 15:08 |
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Location: | WEST JORDAN, UTAH, US |
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