A hat, with the words “Silver Star” embroidered on it, sits on an audience member’s knee during Walter Pruiksma’s Order of the Marechaussee award ceremony, Oct. 13, 2018, Mannasquan, New Jersey. The Military Police Regimental Association’s Order of the Marechaussee is the top honor a Military Police Soldier can receive. Pruiksma received the award for the time he served as a Military Police Soldier, assigned to D Company, 783rd MP Battalion, during World War II.

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