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Edgar (ivplierIs (lommmdnlBy Officer!Notice that Edgar W. C vpher, sonof Mr and Mrs Kdgai Cvphei Union Hotel. had won * ilt;*?f 1 * field promotion to 1st Lieut* n mt whtU 11 in action in Cermar \ v - mpounced last week Mou evei iJI Cypher, who is i nmde* » ht *good soldier, f #11# ^f tr sjive ,«ny details of In **rvi« * ♦ *» I t ■ parentsThis week Mi » : •receive I the lettei lt;f leeommen -datum from hi commanding offt-lt; « r a»*d 1lt; *t im .1;ist how ^deserved his cominr ion The let ter follows:It is recommended that S St Edgar Cypher be appointed ?* \h* rank of 2nd LieutenantSjjt Cypher has been Operations NCO for ’his batt dion aue 8. 1942 and dunnu that tune h$| repeatedly lt;1. -tuiii.ihiv (I hmix If ;;• displays of great personal courage coolness under fin? and his ability as a leader of men.During the Nornumdy Campaign near the town of La Haye Do Puits. snipers in the vicinity of the Battalion Cl’ made movement about its loeuton extremely hazardousSgt Cy ph* i realizing the seriousness of the situation md the need for imnxdi'te actm lt;|uiekl\ organized .i patrol with himself a hade r ■ the et mvhai pshOne niper was quukU loe ?* lt;iand disposed* of. but another was stll filing from ,lt; well-camouflaged position. *nd the patrol h lt;d trouble in iscertaimnu hi location S^t Cypher m ordei to draw :h» [)• * re, di liberately »•, ■ *I himself bv walking toward the) «und * * t ito locate and knock out the sniper -Continued on page 4.trfVsII1f
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Bedford Gazette
Bedford, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Mar 30, 1945
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