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Silver Star WW II: Hoehn, Martin C. HQ, XX Corps, G.O. No. 40 (1944) Silver Star Korea: Father Hoehn was a chaplain with my father’s unit in World War II. He and Dad resumed correspondence in the late 1970′s or early 1980′s. Fr. Hoehn won a Silver Star in both World War II and Korea. Dad’s story of the WWII award was this: Father Marty was part of an HQ convoy that was ambushed by some Krauts from a grove of trees. Father Marty always carried a .45. He rallied the cooks and clerks, hollered “Let’s get the bastards!” and led a charge that routed the Germans. The Korea award was for his actions in the long walk back from the “frozen Chosin”. Chaplain Martin C. Hoehn, Roman Catholic, serving with a portion of the … Read entire article »