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The 3rd Infantry Division presented the Silver Star Medal today to U.S. Army Soldier Staff Sgt. Harold Nelson who fought in World War II from November 1942 to June 1944. Nelson, 107 years old, was approved for the Silver Star Medal on June 22, 2022, by the Army’s Human Resources Command.
Nelson was drafted into the U.S. Army on July 14, 1941, from Fort Crook, Nebraska. He entered World War II with F Company, 2nd Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Infantry Division, as part of Operation Torch in Morocco. Following intense fighting in Northern Africa, Nelson participated in Operation Husky in Sicily, and Operations Avalanche and Shingle in Italy. In total, Nelson participated in six amphibious landings and lived in austere and dangerous conditions for two years during 3rd Infantry Division’s World War II campaign. During his wartime service, he sustained three gunshot wounds and was eventually discharged from the Army in June 1945.
| Date Taken: | 10.04.2022 |
| Date Posted: | 10.04.2022 17:47 |
| Category: | B-Roll |
| Video ID: | 859675 |
| VIRIN: | 221004-A-GN091-724 |
| Filename: | DOD_109253493 |
| Length: | 00:00:18 |
| Location: | FORT CARSON, COLORADO, US |
| Downloads: | 13 |
| High-Res. Downloads: | 13 |
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