On Dec. 7, relatives of the first chaplain, Father Aloysius Schmitt, to die in World War II accepted the Silver Star on his behalf 76 years to the day after he died saving 12 sailors during the Pearl Harbor attack.
On Dec. 7, relatives of the first chaplain, Father Aloysius Schmitt, to die in World War II accepted the Silver Star on his behalf 76 years to the day after he died saving 12 sailors during the Pearl Harbor attack.