Leo Bach, a 24-year-old first lieutenant in the Army Air Forces when he bailed out of his B-17 in April 1944, finally received his Purple Heart at Travis AFB, Calif., on March 21 during a formal ceremony. Bach had received injuries to his right leg and back after bailing out following an attack by German fighters. He evaded capture for three days before being sent off to Stalag Luft One. Long after the war was over, Bach tried to pursue the Purple Heart but initially was stymied due to a lack of medical records from his POW experience.
The Pentagon needs a Digital Command and a Digital Warfare Corps, along with other changes, to take advantage of critical new technologies, according to a think tank founded by former Google CEO and Chairman Eric Schmidt.
