
Decorated WWII Veteran, Gravely Wounded, Bob Dole Promoted to Colonel
Former Sen. Dole, a decorated WWII veteran, promoted to colonel By Sean Kimmons, Army News Service “As a platoon leader in the famed 10th Mountain Division, 21-year-old Bob Dole was gravely wounded on a hill in the Italian mountains just two weeks before the end of the war. Trying to pull his radioman to safety …