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Robert Nett, awarded Medal of Honor for World War II heroism (Atlanta Journal-Constitution) |
Col. Robert B. Nett, who won the Medal of Honor for heroism in combat in the Philippines during World War II and later served in the Korean War and Vietnam, has died at 86. Fort Benning spokeswoman Elsie Jackson said Nett died Sunday after a brief illness. Nett, a New Haven, Conn., native who enlisted in the Connecticut National Guard in 1940, was sent into combat on Christmas Island shortly …
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