There are five Medals awarded for actions on this day. All are in the modern era and all were posthumous awards. World War II. The Germans may be collapsing like a shattered window - but there were many sharp slivers of glass. Private First Class Stryker, along with Sergeant Robert Stryker who earned a Medal of Honor in Vietnam, are the namesakes of the Stryker series of combat vehicles.*PETERS, GEORGE J. Rank and organization: Private, U.S. Army, Company G, 507th Parachute Infantry, 17th Airborne Division. Place and date: Near Fluren, Germany, 24 March 1945. Entered service at: Cranston, R.I. Birth: Cranston, R.I. G.O. No.:...
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