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ORNL retiree recalls 1944 hospital bombing in Belgium
Ernest Shepherd attended the Veterans Day ceremony on Monday at Oak Ridge National Laboratory wearing a uniform similar to what he wore in 1944 when the hospital he was working in as a medic in Belgium...
View ArticleOak Ridge vet receives Bronze Star 70 years after World War II
Seventy years after he fought in France during World War II, an Oak Ridge veteran has been awarded the Bronze Star. Melvin E. Kallio, 92, fought in Colmar Pocket. He was a machine gunner in the 12th...
View ArticleFive TN veterans, including Kallio of Oak Ridge, to receive French Legion of...
Oak Ridge resident and World War II veteran Melvin E. Kallio is one of five Tennessee veterans who will receive the prestigious Legion of Honor Medal from France in a ceremony in Nashville in...
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