getting wounded in action. The second time he was wounded, he was shotthrough the legs, after this he spent more time in the hospital, and was awarded a second purpleheart, because of being wounded in action. He would tell me that when he was in the hospital, hewanted to go back and get revenge, because he was wounded, and that he felt it was his duty togo back and fight. He was a very resilient person, he would shake things off like they had nevereven happened, in fact I think it made him mentally stronger, but he didnt bottle it up, he had aspecial way of releasing his hostility. I never figured out how he could handle all these things. Hehad a great deal of valor, when one of the men in his squadron was hit with scrap metal, from ahand-grenade he showed this, he kept calm, and used his shirt to stop the blood flow, this allowedthe man to be saved by the medics. For his actions he was awarded the bronze star. He had beenthrough a lot at a young age, I think this made him mature very quickly, this helped him later on inlife in becoming a better person, at dealing with hardships.In 1952, the war was over and my grandfather came home from the war. In April of1953, he married my grandmother, and they bought a house in Scott Township, Pennsylvania. My grandmother told me that When pap came home from the war, he didnt talk about the warand she said this caused him to have nightmares, or flashbacks she then told him that if you gotit off your chest, it wont be so hard on you. He told his stories to my grandmother, and then hedidnt have the nightmares or flashbacks anymore. They had five children, William, James,Charles, Thomas and Daniel. Thomas being my father. My grandpap would tell his stories to myuncles, and my father, and when I was about nine years old, he would tell me the stories aboutwhen he was in the war. The stories he would tell me were stories of all kinds, many verygruesome, some funny, but all of his stories are...
