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Late for work earns man a Medal of Honor
A wartime story from New York docks recounts Frank Starr senior who was late returning to his post yet leaped into the Hudson to save two drowning children. His bravery led to a Congressional Medal of Honor and life saving honors, transforming a tardy arrival into heroic action.
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Jim
Cecily
Patton
Frank J. Starr, Jr
Bergenfield, N. J
Frank
Frank J. Starr
Frank Starr
Frank Starr, Jr
New York City
West One
Jimmy
Murray Hurlburt
Docks
Hurlburt
Congressional Medal of Honor
The
Life Saving Benevolent Association of New York