Albert Luke Ireland was a United States Marine Corps staff sergeant. Serving in both World War II and the Korean War, Ireland earned the Purple Heart medal nine times for wounds in combat, the most of any U.S. Marine in history.
Ireland in early 1951, before shipping out for Korea
Ireland leading his squad up a steep, snow-covered ridge, back to the front lines after a sniper patrol in Korea, 1951
Ireland in Time magazine, July 1953
Ireland's December 1945 Report of Separation, NAVMC 78-PD, from the Marine Corps
Cold Spring is a village in the town of Philipstown in Putnam County, New York, United States. The population was 1,986 at the 2020 census. It borders the smaller village of Nelsonville and the hamlets of Garrison and North Highlands. The central area of the village is on the National Register of Historic Places as the Cold Spring Historic District due to its many well-preserved 19th-century buildings, constructed to accommodate workers at the nearby West Point Foundry. The town is the birthplace of General Gouverneur K. Warren, who was an important figure in the Union Army during the Civil War. The village, located in the Hudson Highlands, sits at the deepest point of the Hudson River, directly across from West Point. Cold Spring serves as a weekend getaway for many residents of New York City.
Main Street, Cold Spring, part of the federally recognized historic district
View from Breakneck Ridge hiking trails
Undercliff
Plumbush
