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Britt Medal of Honor hero from Arkansas in Italy episode
Capt. Maurice Britt of Ft. Smith Arkansas received the Congressional Medal of Honor after a November action near Mignano Italy. He and eight companions were used as a shield by a German force as about 100 enemy troops advanced. Britt killed five Germans saved his men, and was wounded with a chest grenade wound and the loss of an arm. He is pictured with Mrs Britt at Lawson Hospital in Atlanta.
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Maurice Britt
Ft. Smith
Ark
Mignano
Italy
Britt
U. S
Arkansas University
Detroit Lions
Laweson Hospital
Atlanta