Dan Crenshaw & Calvin Graham
Dan Crenshaw
Dan Crenshaw is a politician and former U.S. Navy SEAL officer serving as the U.S. Representative for Texas's 2nd Congressional District since 2019. While at Tufts University, he joined the Reserve Officers Training Corps and was commissioned in the U.S. Navy after his graduation. He served in the Navy SEALs for ten years, including three tours of duty, reaching the rank of lieutenant commander.
While serving in the Helmand Province of Afghanistan in 2012, he was injured by the detonation of an improvised explosive device (IED). He lost his right eye and required surgery to save the vision in his left eye. After the injury, he was deployed to Bahrain and South Korea. As a Navy SEAL, he earned two Bronze Star Medals, the Purple Heart, and the Navy and Marine Corps Commendation Medal with Valor. He medically retired from military service in 2016.
Calvin Graham
Calvin Graham was the youngest U.S. servicemen to serve and fight during World War II. Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy from Houston, TX on August 15, 1942, at the age of 12. On the night of November 14-15, 1942, Graham was wounded during the Naval Battle of Guadalcanal. He served as a loader for a 40 mm anti-aircraft gun and was hit by shrapnel while taking a hand message to an officer. Though he received fragmentation wounds, he helped in rescue duty by aiding and pulling the wounded aboard ship to safety.
He was awarded the Bronze Star Medal and the Purple Heart Medal for his actions. Graham's mother made the mistake of revealing his age after he attended his grandmother's funeral without permission from the Navy. Because of this, he spent three months in a brig in Texas, and he was not released until after his sister threatened to contact the newspapers.
Although he tried to return to his ship, he was discharged from the Navy on April 1, 1943, and his awards were subsequently revoked. Graham's decorations and military honors were finally settled in 1994 after intervention by Presidents Jimmy Carter and Bill Clinton. Gram was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with Combat Valor, Purple Heart, Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, and two Silver Stars.
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