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i HEROD SOLDIER GIVEN | THE BRONZE STAR ON ( BOUGAINVILLE ISLAND! BOU G A! N VIL L K LSI, AN D A n; Army truck driver, temporarily j occupying a front line pillbox.| turned loose with an automatic | rifle and helped greatly in repulsling a savage Jap attack against Hill 700 here recently.| He is Pfe. Herman Tarlton, IM, Herod, who for this action has j been awarded the Bronze StarUnder cover of darkness Japs had infiltrated into the area and j were attacking from all sides, ' Tarlton and his two buddies kept up the fight and were eredited j with keeping the enemy tar: enough Irom the positions that j they could not throw hand gre j trades. Tarlton alone was credited j with killing eight Japs attempting j to assault a nearby pillbox occu | pied by only one man.Overseas 22 months he hasserved also on Eiji. New Hebrides:and tfuadaleanal. He has been presented the IMirple Heart Medal jfor wounds in action, the Soldiers Good Conduct Medal and the now jCombat Inlantmuan Kadre*His motio ns Mrs. Maiv Tarlton*Ih'iod.
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Harrisburg Daily Register
Harrisburg, Illinois, US
Tue, Aug 08, 1944
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