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John Paul Hammerschmidt (view source)
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Hammerschmidt was awarded the [[Distinguished Flying Cross]] with oak leaf clusters, the Air Medal with four oak leaf clusters, three Battle Stars, and the Meritorious Service Award.<ref name="Advocate"/> In addition, the [[Republic of China]] awarded him the China War Memorial Medal.<ref name="Advocate"/> After his service, Hammerschmidt served in Air Force Reserves from 1945-60,<ref name="CONGbio"/> retiring as a [[Major]],<ref name="Advocate"/> and then serving in the District of Columbia Army Reserves from 1977-81.<ref name="CONGbio"/>
Hammerschmidt was awarded the [[Distinguished Flying Cross]] with oak leaf clusters, the Air Medal with four oak leaf clusters, three Battle Stars, and the Meritorious Service Award.<ref name="Advocate"/> In addition, the [[Republic of China]] awarded him the China War Memorial Medal.<ref name="Advocate"/> After his service, Hammerschmidt served in Air Force Reserves from 1945-60,<ref name="CONGbio"/> retiring as a [[Major]],<ref name="Advocate"/> and then serving in the District of Columbia Army Reserves from 1977-81.<ref name="CONGbio"/>
==Post-military career and entry to politics==
After his military service, Hammerschmidt attended Oklahoma A&M College, but he left to take over the family lumber business in Harrison, the Hammerschmidt Lumber Co., due to an illness in his family.<ref name="CONGbio"/><ref name="AKencyc"/> He married his wife on October 11, 1948.<ref name="AKencyc"/>
Hammerschmidt came from a Democrat family, but he started attending Republican meetings "because the local Democratic Party was a closed group".<ref>Lauer, Claudia (April 3, 2015). [https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/john-paul-hammerschmidt-arkansas-congressman-dies-at-92/2015/04/03/2575c30e-da23-11e4-ba28-f2a685dc7f89_story.html John Paul Hammerschmidt, Arkansas congressman, dies at 92]. ''The Washinton Post''. Retrieved November 4, 2016.</ref> He served as a Harrison city councilman from 1948-54 and 1961-62.<ref name="AKencyc"/> He also served as the chairman of the Arkansas Republican Party from 1964-66.<ref name="CONGbio"/> Hammerschmidt was very active in the Republican Party, serving as a delegate to the [[Republican National Convention]] in 1964, 1968, 1972, 1976, 1980, and 1984.<ref name="CONGbio"/>
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