It took 70 years, but a World War Two veteran from Waupun has finally received the Purple Heart award he expected to get. Eighty-nine year old Army Staff Sergeant Fred Zurbuchen was honored in a surprise ceremony yesterday at the E-A-A Museum in Oshkosh. Zurbuchen was in his late teens when he was wounded as a B-17 gunner while flying on a mission over Germany. Media reports say a fire destroyed the paperwork that would have given Zurbuchen his Purple Heart award years earlier. The E-A-A’s Chris Henry met the soldier earlier this year, and set out to complete the process for granting the Purple Heart. Zurbuchen thought he was being invited to see a display at the museum when he was greeted with his military honors. He says he was the last survivor of his crew.
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photo: waupun mayor rohn bishop The Waupun Common Council has postponed action on wage increases for paid on call firefighters and elected officials to get more public input. The council discussed the matter, sometimes heated, at their meeting this week and will take up the issue again at their April 8th meeting. If […]
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