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Four Americans Receive Medals for Slovak Uprising Roles
Four U S OSS veterans honored at Banska Bystrica on the 20th anniversary of the Slovak uprising. Steve Carlos Pittsburgh Kenneth A. Lain Champaign William A. McGregor Fort Lauderdale John Schwartz Massapequa and Ken Donleavy Adelphia were recognized for aiding a partisan rising and rescuing airmen. The other team members were captured and executed at Mauthausen. Khrushchev spoke at the rally but did not mention the Americans.
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Banska Bystrica
Czechoslovakia
UPI
Steve Carlos
Pittsburgh, Pa
Kenneth A. Lain
Champaign,Ill
William A. McGregor
Fort Lauderdale, Fla
John Schwartz
Massapequa, N.Y
Ken Donleavy
Adelphia
OSS
Slovakia
Mauthausen
Nikita S. Khrushchev