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arrowWORLD WAR II VETERAN FINALLY GETTING MEDALS6/21/2006

CONGRESSMAN OTTER TO HONOR LYNN EICHELBERGER OF BOISE ON SATURDAY

STAR, Idaho – Lynn Eichelberger of Boise, an 87-year-old veteran of World War II, will receive long-overdue official recognition on Saturday for his wartime service in the Pacific.

Eichelberger, who was a Private First Class in the U.S. Army, will be awarded seven military service awards – including the prestigious Bronze Star – during a presentation at Congressman Otter’s Star ranch at 6 p.m. Saturday.

Eichelberger’s wife Virginia, daughter Linda Heller and granddaughter Jordan Heller, as well as other family members, are scheduled to attend. Congressman Otter was proud to present the belated military decorations, and praised Eichelberger’s service.

“Everyone living in America today and enjoying our freedoms and opportunities owes a debt of gratitude to Lynn Eichelberger and all the other veterans who fought tyranny and aggression, and continue fighting it today,” Congressman Otter said. “Whether it’s on a Pacific island against the troops of a nation bent on conquest or in a Middle East desert against insurgents and terrorists, America’s heroes have always been ready to step forward to defend liberty. Lynn Eichelberger did his part, and he deserves this overdue recognition.”

The Bronze Star is awarded for “heroic or meritorious achievement or service.” Eichelberger received it, along with a Purple Heart awarded on June 12, 1945, for injuries received from exposure to enemy shell bursts on Ie Shima in Japan’s Ryukyu Islands.

Other honors he will receive Saturday include the Good Conduct Medal, the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal and Bronze Star Attachment, the World War II Victory Medal, the Combat Infantry Badge, the Philippine Liberation Ribbon and the World War II Honorable Service Lapel Button.

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