Sgt. 1st Class Marvin D. Cornett was awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star Medal during a ceremony in Auburn, Calif., Feb. 22, 2021. Cornett was assigned to Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion, 504th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Abn. Div. when he made the combat jump into Salerno, Italy and was later wounded during combat operations along the Mussolini Canal at the Anzio beachhead on Dec. 31, 1944.

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