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211577 Charles Bledsoe United States Army from:Sioux Falls, South Dakota As Army soldier, Charles Bledsoe was being loaded into a Jeep with a gunshot wound to the abdomen nearly 70 years ago, he head someone say: "Give him his last rites." "I looked around to see who that was getting the last rites," Bledsoe recalled, "I went, 'The hell,' It was me." He recovered, but the April 19, 1945 wound was never recorded on his discharge papers so he hadn't received a Purple Heart. The oversight was corrected as Sen. Tim Johnson presented the 88-year-old World War II veteran with a Purple Heart and Bronze Star in Sioux Falls. He had not really pushed for the medal until about a year ago when he tried to become a member of the Sioux Falls chapter of the Military Order of the Purple Heart. Please type your message:      We recommend you copy the text about this item and keep a copy on your own computer before pressing submit. Your Name:             Email Address:       @ **Please type the first part our your email in the first box (eg. john.smith) the @ sign is added automaticallly, please type the second part in the second box (eg. gmail.com). Do not enter your full email in each box or add an @ sign or random spaces.**