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Archive Home > 2008 > April > 26 > War hero nominated for nation’s 2nd-highest accolade

War hero nominated for nation’s 2nd-highest accolade

By Sheila G. Miller / The Bulletin
April 26, 2008

A Central Oregon war hero who spent time as a prisoner in Japan during World War II and later returned to preach a message of forgiveness has been nominated for the Presidential Medal of Freedom.

Jacob DeShazer, a 1931 Madras High graduate who died in March, will be considered for the....

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