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Medal of Honor Monday: Army 2nd Lt. Walter D. Ehlers (10)
WASHINGTON, June 8 -- The U.S. Department of War issued the following news:
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Medal of Honor Monday: Army 2nd Lt. Walter D. Ehlers
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Army 2nd Lt. Walter D. Ehlers served in Europe and North Africa as an infantryman during World War II.
He was born, May 7, 1921, on a farm in Junction City, Kansas, to John and Marie Ehlers. He married Dorothy Decker in 1955. They had three children and many grandchildren.
Ehlers and his older brother Roland enlisted in the Army in October 1940 and completed basic training at the Presidio of San Franci more PR
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