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And then was back on it when where he escaped to surrendered as well.....We own a section of the land he bought after being liberated from a POW camp in Manchuria....His daughter let us look through his pics and hold his medals....
Swore if he ever made it back home he would buy up a holler in his native Perry County and live the rest of his life in his beloved hills...When he died he left 100 acres to the Nature Conservancy......Fascinating story and a heck of a man...Ended up being a teacher and a State Senator...Lee Hamilton went to meet him once and asked if there was anything he could do for him....He said, "I reckon I'm due some medals......I never put much stock in that stuff but I think the kids might want them....."
Hamilton got him his medals due, Off hand I saw a Bronze Star, a Silver Star, a Purple Heart and many others.......A fascinating man who loved his family, his county, his God and his country....To show that "nut didn't fall too far from the tree" his niece was injured very bad in Iraq in an IED explosion and is still being treated for her burns to this day...His Great Grandfather served in the Union Army and I believe was a POW at Andersonville....
Quite a story and I wanted to share it...
Otis Edward Saalman
http://dcwi.com/goot/saalman.htm
https://www.nature.org/ourinitiativ...shooting-star-cliffs-1.xml?redirect=https-301
Swore if he ever made it back home he would buy up a holler in his native Perry County and live the rest of his life in his beloved hills...When he died he left 100 acres to the Nature Conservancy......Fascinating story and a heck of a man...Ended up being a teacher and a State Senator...Lee Hamilton went to meet him once and asked if there was anything he could do for him....He said, "I reckon I'm due some medals......I never put much stock in that stuff but I think the kids might want them....."
Hamilton got him his medals due, Off hand I saw a Bronze Star, a Silver Star, a Purple Heart and many others.......A fascinating man who loved his family, his county, his God and his country....To show that "nut didn't fall too far from the tree" his niece was injured very bad in Iraq in an IED explosion and is still being treated for her burns to this day...His Great Grandfather served in the Union Army and I believe was a POW at Andersonville....
Quite a story and I wanted to share it...
Otis Edward Saalman
http://dcwi.com/goot/saalman.htm
https://www.nature.org/ourinitiativ...shooting-star-cliffs-1.xml?redirect=https-301
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