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After Sunday dinner Fred tells Harold that he retired as a Lieutenant Colonel, and surprises him by telling him he contacted his friends at the Pentagon.  The next day Harold learns that the record mix-up has been corrected, and along with a large check finds out that his platoon broke the back of a deadly ambush, for which he is awarded a Purple Heart and a Silver Star.  Fred buys him a uniform for his medals and a plane ticket home to his family.

After Sunday dinner Fred tells Harold that he retired as a Lieutenant Colonel, and surprises him by telling him he contacted his friends at the Pentagon.  The next day Harold learns that the record mix-up has been corrected, and along with a large check finds out that his platoon broke the back of a deadly ambush, for which he is awarded a Purple Heart and a Silver Star.  Fred buys him a uniform for his medals and a plane ticket home to his family.

His daughter still wants her daddy home (which her mother says would take "a very big miracle"; on Christmas Eve Harold returns home to his family, knowing that all of them are saved and someday will be in Heaven together.

His daughter still wants her daddy home (which her mother says would take "a very big miracle"); on Christmas Eve Harold returns home to his family, knowing that all of them are saved and someday will be in Heaven together.

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