Local Man Receives Honor for WWII Service
Spencer Tedford receives the Congressional Medal of Honor posthumously in Clarks on Tuesday. Receiving it for him was his wife, Ludmilla 'Millie' Tedford. Pictured left to right is Jason Morris, Sharon Russell, Mille, Barb Micek and Jarod Zoucha. PCN photo by Beth Sparrow.
CLARKS — When Spencer Tedford joined the army in 1941, he was an under-age New Hampshire lumberjack. He was assigned to Fort Riley, Kansas after his training. In 1943, he was one of many men who volunteered for a “dangerous and hazardous” mission which included serving in India and northern Burma. They were nicknamed Merrill’s Marauders. Their first mission was to penetrate the Japanese deep into …
