Germany, Kriegsmarine . A Kia Document Group To U-Boat 160 Cook GTRexclude he refused the Purple Heart

he refused the Purple Heart because he was concerned that the notification back home would upset his mother

Even the name of ""Annam"" in the title of the order was a point of dishonor as the name comes from the old Chinese term for Vietnam

he scored 805 out of 1

an excerpt from a AH speech of 9 November 1943

Footnote: Benjamin Franklin Fairclough was born in Winnipeg in 1893 and was working as a Mechanist in Winnipeg prior to being recuited in April 1918

Germany, Kriegsmarine . A Kia Document Group To U-Boat 160 Cook GTRexclude he refused the Purple HeartA folder, measuring 240x323mm, containing a grouping of documents to Kriegsmarine soldier and cook of U 160, Leo Starzecki. The grouping consists of: An Iron Cross 2nd Class certificate (139x199mm, extremely fine) to Matrosengefreiter (Lance Corporal in the Kriegsmarine) Leo Starzecki. It is dated to December 12, 1942 and carries a facsimile of Admiral Karl Dnitz. A postcard (143x90mm, near extremely fine), showing the destroyer Georg Thiele. It was