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Insufficient Evidence - Orphan to Medal of Honor Recommendation - Bob Barfield (Paperback)
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Insufficient Evidence - Orphan to Medal of Honor Recommendation - Bob Barfield (Paperback)
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Loot Price R574
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This story brings to light some of the terrible conditions that
some children had to endure due to broken homes and though the
conditions of our country during the great depression in the early
30?s. It is a story of a young lad that overcame many adversities
in life. Severe sickness as a child, placed in an orphanage at age
three, living in many different homes including a reform school
that was worse that many prisons at the time, Bob overcame these
hardships and became a hero to his country. He later married and
had five children, four sons and one daughter. He also served 4
years in the U. S. Navy and later retired from a career as a letter
carrier for the Postal Service. He has also written poetry, written
several songs, acted in Civic Theater, has appeared in TV
commercials and brochures. He is also the author of a children's
Christmas story titled ?LEROY THE SMALLEST ELF OF ALL.? In addition
Bob has boxed for the Army and Navy and has also boxed
professionally. He has jumped from airplanes while serving in the
Army and Navy and is also a certified diver. In 1998, Bob learned
that he had been recommended for the Medal of Honor forty five
years after the battle for Boomerang This story concludes with
little known facts mostly unknown as to how the Army Awards Board
awards the Medal of Honor.
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