It is a shame that he never got the full recognition he deserved in his lifetime. To take out those bunkers and recieve the wounds he did is amazing.
It never ceases to surprise me how ordinary and self effacing people who carry out such extraordinary acts, like Keeble, are. My great gandfather, who served in the trenches in WWI (with the 4th 'Kings Own' Regiment) always said that the bravest officer he ever saw wasn't a dashing swashbuckling type but a short, balding, rather chubby man who wore glasses!
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The family's battle to upgrade Keeble's Distinguished Service Cross to the Medal of Honor began in 1972, when both Woody and his wife, Dr. Blossom Hawkins-Keeble, were still alive. According to Hawkins, the family unknowingly started off in the wrong direction. "We thought the paperwork had been lost, but were unaware that it no longer existed. It didn't just get lost on the battlefield, it never made it off the battlefield."
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It might have just been beaurocratic incompetance but it does sound suspicous that two sets of paperwork were lost, when he authorities were clearly aware of Keeble's bravery. I guess we will probably never know.