<article> Sanford H. “Sandy†Winston, a retired Army lieutenant colonel who was a highly decorated hero of World War II and later served as a spokesman for the old Department of Health, Education and Welfare, died Aug. 22 at his home in Sarasota, Fla.
He was 90 and had heart and respiratory ailments, his son Mark Winston said.
Before becoming a media spokesman, Col. Winston had a 25-year Army career and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross  second only to the Medal of Honor for combat valor.
After joining the Army at 19, he became an officer in the 136th Infantry Regiment of the 33rd Infantry Division. From 1943 to 1945, he led troops in New Guinea, the Philippines and the Indonesian island of Morotai.
In February 1945, Col. Winston’s division arrived on the Philippine island of Luzon with the mission of reaching a Japanese military headquarters in the city of Baguio. He and his troops endured three months of rugged fighting in heavily wooded, mountainous terrain, often at the level of hand-to-hand combat.
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He was 90 and had heart and respiratory ailments, his son Mark Winston said.
Before becoming a media spokesman, Col. Winston had a 25-year Army career and was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross  second only to the Medal of Honor for combat valor.
After joining the Army at 19, he became an officer in the 136th Infantry Regiment of the 33rd Infantry Division. From 1943 to 1945, he led troops in New Guinea, the Philippines and the Indonesian island of Morotai.
In February 1945, Col. Winston’s division arrived on the Philippine island of Luzon with the mission of reaching a Japanese military headquarters in the city of Baguio. He and his troops endured three months of rugged fighting in heavily wooded, mountainous terrain, often at the level of hand-to-hand combat.
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