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Pearl Harbor chaplain honored posthumously for heroism

12/14/2017 by Hawaii Catholic Herald

By Dan Russo Catholic News Service DUBUQUE, Iowa — Relatives of the first chaplain to die in World War II accepted the Silver Star on his behalf 76 years to the day after he died saving 12 sailors during the Pearl Harbor attack. On Dec. 7, Del and Dan Schmitt, and Fran Hemesath — nephews […]

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