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Medal of Honor recipient General Bud Day: A Siouxland hero

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George Everette “Bud” Day’s 13-foot-tall bronze sculpture greets guests at the Sioux Gateway Airport/Brigadier General Bud Day Field entrance. Who was Bud Day? George Everette “Bud” Day of Siouxland is the only person to earn the Congressional Medal of Honor and the Air Force Cross, the Air Force’s highest honors. With more than 70 decorations, Day is […]

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Jack Weinstein's marker on Land and Sky Scenic Byway

Delayed: Jack Weinstein’s Medal of Honor

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Weinstein denied the Medal of Honor due to his non-existent Jewish heritage Sgt. Jack Weinstein (WIN-steen) earned a Medal of Honor on October 19, 1951. However, because of his “Jewish heritage,” he never received the Medal. Sixty-three years later, President Barack Obama presented the Medal to Weinstein’s wife, Nancy. Sgt. Weinstein had survived the war

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