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THE WILMINGTON MORNING STAR. WILMINGTON. N.Navy Cross AwardedTo Twins In MarinesHL.ti!CAMP LEJEUNE, Aug. 7.—For was cited for “his personal skill, hlt; the first time in American history,1 heroic devotion to duty, and extra- al the Navy Cross has been awarded ordinary heroism on an extremely Uto twins, one of whom was killed hazardous mission.” ciin action, the other of whom is On that occasion Hansen, h i s sinow stationed here. twin and two other Marines vol- biPfc. Paul Hansen, driver of an unteered to wipe out strategic ene- B amphibious tractor which spear- my pillboxes which were retard-headed the Marine assault on Cape ing advance of Airier.'can assault f Gloucester airdrome, New Brit-j troops. When he headed his amphi- v ain, received his decoration re- bious tractor toward the most vi-cently at this base. I tal of these pillboxes, he uproot-Earlier,, his father and mother, ed two trees from the jungle soil. Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hansen, of They fell on the tractor and knock-Batavia, N. Y., had accepted t h e ed out its machine guns. Before posthumous award for Paul's twin he could extricate the tractor, Jap . brother and machinegunner, Pfc. soldiers shot and killed one of the ^ Leslie Hansen, who was killed in crew and wounded another with ^tlt;the same attack. * | hand grenades. Other Japs attack-The two boys, inseparable since ed them, but Paul finally crushed birth, joined the Marines in 1942,1 the pillbox, then without action ac-along with another brother, Alfred, counted for 68 dead Japs and en-who was killed in action at Ren- abled the Marine forces to con-dova. tinue their advance. His brotherLt. Col. H. W. Houck, command- was killed by a hand grenade from ing officer of Service Battalion two Japs whom h« met barehand-here, made the award of the Navy ed as they attacked the tractor Cross to the local Leatherneck, who from the side.weiol
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Wilmington Morning Star
Wilmington, North Carolina, US
Tue, Aug 08, 1944
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