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[porthole]

I was in the area this hospital yesterday for the NJ Green Beret Patriot Guard funeral. No idea I was in the company of even more heroes then I originally thought.

Nicholas Oresko of Cresskill, NJ, the nation’s oldest Medal of Honor recipient, died Friday evening, surrounded by veterans and military personnel who had gathered there all week after hearing on social media that he was in the hospital with a broken leg.

Oresko, 96, was a U.S. Army master sergeant during World War II when, although badly wounded, he wiped out two enemy bunkers near Tettingen, Germany, during the Battle of the Bulge....

He died at 6:30 p.m. at Englewood Hospital and Medical Center of complications from surgery for a broken right femur, said John “Jack” Carbone, a family friend. That was the same leg injured by gunfire on Jan. 23, 1945, as he crawled from one enemy bunker to another.

Medal of Honor Citation: http://www.homeofheroes.com/moh/cita..._a_oresko.html

Listen to MSG Oreska:

[DaBigNuttedMan]

thanks for sharing

[TinSpinner]

Thanks for sharing that, Duane. Those WWII guys won't be with us much longer. RIP MSG Oreska

[North Georgia Hawg]

Moment of silence honored for a true Hero. Thanks for sharing, Duane.

Ken