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Title: Local recognition for hero: Congress Medal of Honor brings benefit at last
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Source: Main Line Chronicle
Date: 8/9/1962
Folder/Item #: World War II (1); 36
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Abstract: Montgomery County’s only Congressional Medal of Honor holder is Alton W. Knappenberger. The article describes how Perrin W. Hamilton and Martin M. Decker worked together to secure him a job and a home in Lower Merion after hearing he was supporting his