World War II Hero
Raiford became the recipient of a Purple Heart and a Silver Star for gallantry. Raiford also earned an Army of Occupation Medal, an American Campaign Medal, a European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal and a World War II Victory Medal.
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Famous quotes containing the words world, war and/or hero:
“The world is divided into two categories: failures and unknowns.”
—Francis Picabia (1878–1953)
“This is not only a war of soldiers in uniform. It is a war of the people, of all the people, and it must be fought not only on the battlefield but in the cities and the villages, in the factories and on the farms, in the home and in the heart of every man, woman and child who loves freedom.”
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—Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)