WTOC11 has a short news article on WWII veteran Jack Phelps finally getting his military medals earned during his nine years of service.
He joined the U.S. Army when he was 18, and was part of the D-Day Normandy Beach landing. A total of eleven medals were awarded including a Purple Heart, Bronze Star and World War II victory medal.


Interesting. But the story doesn't tell us why it tool so long for Mr. Phelps to get his medals.
The better story on Rep. Kingston's blog here:
http://kingston.house.gov/blog/?p=577
Doesn't tell us either.
Posted by: Bob Meade | May 14, 2008 at 04:52 AM
Bob ... you are right. We are missing those details. I sometimes think it ends up being an error right after WWII. Then much later it gets mentioned to someone who knows it isn't right and tries to fix it. - Steve
Posted by: Steve Holden | May 31, 2008 at 03:43 PM