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The Onstonia (N. C.) Daily GazetteJersey Sergeant Awarded Ji The Congressional MedalWASHINGTON. June 24 TV--One of the truly epic stories of the Sotrh Pscific campaign, the story of a Now Jersey tailor* son who held i* strategic machine-gun poat for three day* and night* without ros- or food against a Japan oat! ros’.mpnt, vu told yentertfgy by the! Navy Department.Platoon 5gt John Bastlone of Raritan, N J. was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, thia nation's highest battle honor, for hie heroism which, the Naw said, contributed in a large measure to the virtual annihilation of a Japanese regiment.During those nerve -aha ttering 72 hour*, the Navy related. Bastions plied up 38 Japanese bodies in front of hta machine gun. and a com-, panion said he also used his pistol to bend bark and break bloody Nipponese attacks on the vital emplacement.He action for which Presidenti Roosevelt awarded the Marine sergeant t e Congressional Medal occurred last October during fighting In the Lunga area of GuadalcanalPvt Nach W Phillips. 22. of Fayetteville, N C related tlie story tht* wayBusilane had a machine-gun on the go three days and nights with out sleep, rest or food. He was j in a good emplacement, and causing the Japs lots of trouble, not only firing his machine gun but alse , using his pistol,They stormed hts position Urn'* i and again Each time, he piled up 1 four or five more around his emplacement Finally, he had to mov» out of there —38 Jap bodies made h kind of hard to fire over the pile!The 26-year-old New Jersey hero is the son of Salvatore and Dot a Basilone, and his father operates a one-man tailor shop at 13 South Bridge street, Somerville. N. J He has nine brothers and sisters.
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Gastonia Daily Gazette
Gastonia, North Carolina, US
Thu, Jun 24, 1943
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