On Veterans Day, I remember my late father (1913-2003), Ed Slavin, Sr., a veteran of three World War II combat jumps (Normandy, Sicily and North Africa), winner of three Bronze Stars, a machine-gunner who slayed Nazis to secure our freedom, for whom the "Corporal Edward A. Slavin Chapter" (South Jersey) of the 82nd Airborne Divn. Assn. Inc. is named. When he appeared on Philadelphia TV documentary on Memorial Day 1998, I learned for the first time about the three Bronze Stars; he told me, "They gave one to everyone who jumped" into Nazi-occupied territory.
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