Wins
Purple Heart
Remember Percy Martin III, of 949 Packard dr., Army corporal who won
the Silver Star in the Dominican Republic fighting? Martin was
transferred to Vietnam last December. Now he has another medal the Purple
Heart. He was shot in the left leg by a sniper while fighting with the
First Cavalry Division. Now he's at Fort Knox, Ky., for a series of
operations on the leg.
[The Akron Beacon Journal,
Akron, OH, 23 Mar 1966, Wed, Main Edition, Page 62]
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Vietnam Casualties Shot, Cut, Mashed
Grim Reminder of War: Ft Knox Hospital Ward
By JAMES S. TUNNELL
Courier-Journal Staff Writer
FT. KNOX, Ky. Gradually, over the past year,
the beds in Ward 5, Section A, Ireland Army Hospital, have filled.
Leg patients, back patients, arm patients.
And gradually, too, the faces in Ward 5 have changed. They're
younger now, and maybe more somber. And they stay longer much
longer.
For now, unlike a year ago, many of the men in Ward 5 are the
wounded of Vietnam. And many 86 of Ireland's 340 patients are the
casualties of war.
One such man is Cpl. Percy Martin III, a dark-eyed, easy talking
soldier of 23. whose left leg was almost torn from his body by a
burst of automatic-rifle fire from a North Vietnamese infantryman he never saw.
[Courier-Journal, Louisville, KY, 12 Dec 1966, Mon, Page 23]
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