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Military Honors On Saturday for Pirn Bush Sgt.Funeral at infant Savior Church for Soldier Killed in ActionThe body of Seigeant John T. Ricderskamp, killed in action in Italy during the war, will arrive m Miclclleiov, n tomorrow morning.Sergeant Ridderskamp was serving with the 338th Infantry Regiment, Eighty-fifth Division when killea October eleventh, 1914. He was awarded the Silver Star and Purple Heart.' He was posthumously awarded the following citation. !Pci gallantry m action, on eleven October 1944, in Italy, when his heavy machine gun section was ordered to support an attacking rifle company in a determined assault upon the enemy, Sergeant RidamcK'inip, aitei moving through heavy enemy mortar fire to select a site m a forward area, immediately set about preparing the po- I wuou lor a machine gun. Refusing j to allow any other members of his 1 squad to endanger themselves, he prelened to prepare th position! ounself, setting up the machine gun usd dehveiing highly effective lire
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Middletown Times Herald
Middletown, New York, US
Wed, Nov 17, 1948
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