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SILVER STARPrivate Ritter Gets Star For Action In SicilyPrivate Rudolph R. RHter, Gary, Texas -was among a group of Texans recently awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action during the invasion or Sicily.Private* Ritter was with General Clark’s Fifth Army—the one that later fought the bloody battle of Salerno in Italy.According to a War Department dispatch mailed directly to The Panola Watchman from Washington, D. C. the story of Hitter's galnntry in action road3 lilro a dime story thriller.The Hary soldier, a member of the Medical Corps, was awarded the Silver Slur for gallantry in action through discharge of their medical duties, rendering emergency aid to wounded men on the field while under heavy enemy fire.Another Texan. Li. Riley of Austin. ITesas led a group of four men in outflanking an enemy machine gun position, and personally captured 11 prisoners. The following day with his platoon ho overran un:l captured a troop of hostile calvary, taking 53 prisoners. In « running fight he ‘ i^nrn 11m iMiVfllrv iin Jl. hill. dQlYVSr*
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Carthage Panola Watchman
Carthage, Texas, US
Thu, Nov 04, 1943
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