In General Order GO-87, Paragraph 2, dated 6 Jun 1945, Pfc. John W. McInnes was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for "heroic conduct in action on July 29, 1945" when he knocked out a machine gun nest despite his own shrapnel wound and broken elbow..
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