SUNRISE (CBSMiami) – Every Friday, in partnership with the Florida Panthers, CBS4 puts the spotlight on a hero among us.
Men or women who have gone beyond the call of duty for our country.
Today, we’re honoring U.S. Army veteran Corporal Harry Kratochvil.
Kratochvil said he remembers going to enlist and seeing a cut out of a paratrooper and saying to himself that is for me. So he joined the U.S. Army Airborne at the age of 17. While he was still in training, his entire division was deployed to Germany as front-line troops. He made 32 jumps over Germany during the conflict with a team he is very proud of.