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t£Vf.SPEEDWELL MAN CITEDWish Sixiti 1 iii'iintry Division on Luzon. Pm ate Pi rut Plnss !It*?n'y A. Hopper. of Mr*.Un\n* Hopper, of Speedwell, i «-ii!iha.- keen awarded tin* Sib \.r S1:t by llu* enmmnmliliir tfi‘11-c i i-inl of iho lt;*t)i Infanlry Ii\b4 Kt ,s.»m f 111 ^silianIrv in actionai’.aiit.-r I ho .Japanese at San .lux'. Luzon. P. L. iin lYbniiiry lWhen Hopper's platoon was hi-hi up by :i .lap i nniEpoint, ho made bis way forward and fir* ir;.: a rifle fi nni the hij« killed alt Hie lt;«,vr.p.*at of the pillbox, onahliiu1. the nuHuen t» ad-vjoua- {iml arhicvo it** objective.11 rij'ju r'- troiit-line rifle company is n tin- tPtrd Infantry lbari i i nt of the 1th Infantry (liv.s.iHi which holds the record tin' nmiiimnus con’.hul ill the So.jthwrM Pacific. Ho fore ecnn-i iup !o Luzon, lie was stalioned 1 ir New tJuinea where he parti-i-1 ji.itcd in tin1 Saiisapor and Mr.ffiu liny o a in pa ip n s.
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Middlesboro Daily News
Middlesboro, Kentucky, US
Wed, May 02, 1945
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