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COLORADO SPRINGS — A Colorado Springs soldier who earned the Medal of Honor in World War II will have his name affixed to a new Department of Veterans Affairs clinic.
After months of delays, the Senate late Wednesday approved naming the clinic after Pfc. Floyd K. Lindstrom, the final step in a process that began nearly 18 months ago.
“I was really surprised to see it,” said Colorado Springs Army veteran Keith LaMee, who led the effort to name the clinic after Lindstrom.
Lindstrom earned the medal on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, 1943, when he charged a German machine gun nest in southern Italy while serving with the 3rd Infantry Division.
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