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Virginia Guard Medal of Honor recipient from Charlottesville remembered 66 years later

Former Lieutenant Carl "Chubby" Proffit, a World War II veteran who served in Company K with Frank D. Peregory, promotes Brandon Michael Sweet, a Soldier from the Charlottesville-based Company A, 3rd Battalion, 116th Infantry Regiment, to private first class. Proffit was a technical sergeant on D-Day and received a battlefield commission two months later. By the end of the war, Proffit had earned three Purple Hearts, two Bronze Star Medals, a Silver Star and the Distinguished Service Cross. (Photo by Maj. Cotton Puryear, Virginia Guard Public Affairs)

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Uploaded on June 8, 2010
Taken on June 8, 2010