He Made It Count
Hello everyone. Praise the Lord!
John L. McCann graduated from St. Thomas High School in nineteen forty-one. Decades later he was to be inducted into the schools Hall of Honor! St. Thomas is a very prestigious Catholic school.
He was a young man of eighteen years old when he joined the Army for service. He was sent over to Europe to fight the enemy. He turned out to be a great hero in battle. He was awarded the silver star and a purple heart when he was wounded in combat. Silver stars are not awarded to just anyone. He was wounded and shed his blood in a foreign land.
According to one of his granddaughter, he was in combat and the man next to him caught a forty millimeter shell in the chest and just disappeared! Later he had to catch one of his men who was shot and falling off a roof!
His unit captured Adolf Hitlers headquarters in Hamburg Germany. I asked her if he had sat in Hitlers chair. She said that he sure did! I told her that I would have done the same thing. I didn't ask how he had gotten wounded and how he was awarded to silver star. I'm sure it is a great story!
After the war John attended the University of Texas and was admitted to the Legal Bar of Texas in nineteen forty-nine. He was President of the Houston Bar Association from nineteen seventy-six to nineteen seventy-seven. He made it count!
Do you know anyone who was awarded a silver star? Can you tell me about it in the comments section?
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Brother Roop
John L. McCann graduated from St. Thomas High School in nineteen forty-one. Decades later he was to be inducted into the schools Hall of Honor! St. Thomas is a very prestigious Catholic school.
He was a young man of eighteen years old when he joined the Army for service. He was sent over to Europe to fight the enemy. He turned out to be a great hero in battle. He was awarded the silver star and a purple heart when he was wounded in combat. Silver stars are not awarded to just anyone. He was wounded and shed his blood in a foreign land.
According to one of his granddaughter, he was in combat and the man next to him caught a forty millimeter shell in the chest and just disappeared! Later he had to catch one of his men who was shot and falling off a roof!
His unit captured Adolf Hitlers headquarters in Hamburg Germany. I asked her if he had sat in Hitlers chair. She said that he sure did! I told her that I would have done the same thing. I didn't ask how he had gotten wounded and how he was awarded to silver star. I'm sure it is a great story!
After the war John attended the University of Texas and was admitted to the Legal Bar of Texas in nineteen forty-nine. He was President of the Houston Bar Association from nineteen seventy-six to nineteen seventy-seven. He made it count!
Do you know anyone who was awarded a silver star? Can you tell me about it in the comments section?
If you liked this story please click on the "follow" button so that you don't miss any.
Brother Roop
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