A Distinguished Service Cross & Purple Heart Group To Brigadier General Nathan Bedford Forrest Iii Archive 1944 Kraas suffered a shrapnel

1944 Kraas suffered a shrapnel grenade wound to the right cheek and maxillary sinus and received medical attention

Please sign and return to the Bureau the receipt attached below

He talked to his father and he convinced him to join the Army

period encapsulated in silvered frame

Spurred on by the exemplary war-like spirit of their commander

A Distinguished Service Cross & Purple Heart Group To Brigadier General Nathan Bedford Forrest Iii Archive 1944 Kraas suffered a shrapnelDistinguished Service Cross, Cased (bronze, number impressed "10986" on the edge, engraved "NATHAN B. FORREST" on the reverse, 46. 2 mm x 51 mm, original ribbon with brooch pinback, accompanied by its 10. 5 mm x 36 mm Ribbon Bar with pinback and 3. 7 mm x 17. 3 mm enameled Ribbon Bar with button hole attachment, in its hardshelled case of issue, marked "DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS" on the lid) and Purple Heart, Cased (two piece construction, bronze