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InAnzio Hero Is Awarded Medali.srrHow lighting on the Allied Fifth Army'a frontline north of Home, priviUe First Class Vincent A. Tan-cifdl. of 1224 West Second street, a memix*r of the Th I i d Marne”Division, has been awarded tlw Silver Star for “merit on ous achievement and gallantry in action under direct enemy crossfire.”When German artillery shells cut the wire lines from his section's guns to their observa- . t t lion posts, Tan- * 'credl, section wire- vlnr«nt. Tancredi man, quickly moved forward.Crawling dOO yards over Hat, open terrain l hat-was being covered with nil intense concentration from Doc he art ill cry, and nl though shells burst within 20 yards of him, he found and repaired the break. This enabled the observer to resume effective mortar fli;e which killed 10 German lank crewmen as they fled from their disabled tanks.
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Chester Times
Chester, Pennsylvania, US
Thu, Jun 29, 1944
Page 6
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