# Talk:Francis L. Sampson

Father Sampson was nominated by General Eisenhower for the Congressional Medal Of Honor, It was downgraded to a DSC (Distinguished Service Cross) by the Secretary Of The Army (who by the way was a Protestant) because he didn't feel a chaplain should be awarded a MOH by virtue of their jobs description let alone a Catholic One. Father Sampson was also a prisoner of war twice... brief as it my have been, he was held captive twice by the Nazi's. It's all on record... check it out 
He was also awarded the Glider Badge with two stars and I believe the Ranger Tab & Air Assault Wings.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 50.102.183.62 (talk) 20:30, 29 October 2014 (UTC) 

Hello Darth Stabro, thank you for this interesting article.
In the article it has
"Fritz learned his brothers William and Roland had died on 6 June and 7 June" ...
but the Niland brothers article has:

Frederick William "Fritz" Niland  - ie Fritz = William
there is no mention of a Roland
the brother who died on 6 June 1944 was Robert Joseph "Bob" Niland
the brother who died on 7 June 1944 was Preston Thomas Niland
Can you please check source/s? JennyOz (talk) 00:33, 28 November 2024 (UTC)

The sources were inconsistent, unfortunately. I seem to recall going with what seemed to be the most reliable source said. ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs 00:40, 28 November 2024 (UTC)
Yes, it's frustrating when sources aren't consistent. Thanks for replying. JennyOz (talk) 02:36, 28 November 2024 (UTC)


### Francis L. Sampson
I've listed this article for peer review because I would like to prepare it as a Featured Article Candidate. I overall think it is one of my best-written articles and am looking for overall feedback. It is already a Good Article.
Thanks, ~Darth StabroTalk • Contribs 17:54, 8 July 2025 (UTC)


#### RoySmith
The writing has a choppy feel to it.  By that I mean the sentences, while grammatically correct, don't connect to each other with a continuous flow.  They're more a series of individual disjoint statements.  As an example, here's one of your paragraphs: After briefly returning to England, Sampson jumped into Holland on 19 December 1944, landing in a moat around a castle. Participating in the Battle of the Bulge, he ended up being captured by German forces in Belgium, near Bastogne.[1] He spent six months in a German prison near Berlin until the liberation of the camp in April 1945.[3][6] Sampson insisted on being in the enlisted area of the camp rather than the more comfortable area for imprisoned officers.[7] He received the Bronze Star for his work among the prisoners. As the camp was being bombed by Allied forces, Sampson tended to the wounded and dying.[8] and for illustrative purposes, here it is again presented as a bullet list:
After briefly returning to England, Sampson jumped into Holland on 19 December 1944, landing in a moat around a castle.
Participating in the Battle of the Bulge, he ended up being captured by German forces in Belgium, near Bastogne.[1]
He spent six months in a German prison near Berlin until the liberation of the camp in April 1945.[3][6]
Sampson insisted on being in the enlisted area of the camp rather than the more comfortable area for imprisoned officers.[7]
He received the Bronze Star for his work among the prisoners.
As the camp was being bombed by Allied forces, Sampson tended to the wounded and dying.[8]
There's no real change because the sentences don't have any connection to each other.  One way to look at this is to shuffle the bullet points into random order and see if it still makes sense.  If it does, that's a hint that there's no real connection between the sentences.

This could get turned into After briefly returning to England, Sampson participated in the Battle of the Bulge.  Jumping into Holland on 19 December 1944, he landed in a castle moat.  He was later captured by German forces near Bastogne, Belgium, spending six months in a German prison camp near Berlin until liberated in April 1945. While a prisoner, Sampson insisted on being in the enlisted area of the camp rather than the more comfortable area for officers.  During this time, the camp was being bombed by Allied forces and Sampson tended to the wounded and dying, for which he received the Bronze Star. I'm not entirely happy with that rewrite, but what I'm trying to illustrate is the use of connecting phrases like "later captured", "while a prisoner", "during this time" which show how the events described in one sentence are related to what came before.
I hope you find this useful.  You should also google for "choppy writing".  There's lots of material written on this particular issue, much of which explains it better than I can.  To tie this back to WP:FACR, this is all part of prose is engaging and of a professional standard.  RoySmith (talk) 11:53, 23 July 2025 (UTC)

@Darth Stabro: In case you missed the comments above. Z1720 (talk) 21:16, 24 August 2025 (UTC)