Nearly 78 years after Lou Schott led a successful attack at the Battle of Okinawa, the Secretary of the Navy signed off on a Silver Star Medal for the Marriottsville Marine Corps veteran.
Nearly 78 years after his actions, Lou Schott, 102, was awarded the Silver Star, the U.S. Armed Forces’ third-highest military decoration for valor in combat, during a ceremony May 18 in Ellicott Cit, Md.
Nearly 78 years after his actions, Schott, 102, was awarded the Silver Star, the U.S. Armed Forces' third-highest military decoration for valor in combat.