My father Wm. C. Schroeder served in the Pacific, during WW II. He was captured off of Corregadore ,PI. and was a P.O.W. of the Japanese for 3yrs 10 months.
During that time he was wounded and tortured.
He was awarded the Purple Heart, 2 Bronze Stars, and THE Silver Star.
He never indulged to me what he did to deserve these medals, I guess he figured, his "Baby Girl" didn't need to know.
All I can say, My father was a TRUE AMERICAN HERO..and his LITTLE GIRL thought he Hung the Moon. RIP Daddy
Regretfully, I have no pictures at this time.
Pueblo, CO