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Will Receive Hero's Posthumous Award— New Castle News PhotoPictured are Patricia and Robert Kefurt with their mother Mra. Frances E. Kefurt, of 401 West State street, Sharon, who will be presented with the Congressional Medal of Honor, which Is posthumous-2L.lhp chl,dr«“n* father, S/Sgt. Gus Kefurt who distin-gutshed himself in battle at Alsace, France, and died there. The Medal will be given by Gen. Omar Bradley on Nevember 12. Sgt. Kefurt killed 25 German soldiers and 10 SS Troopers and also directed artillery fire to destroy one tank and cause the surrender of another tank and five prisoners slnc!e lirnded. These feats were carried without aid and while surrounded by German
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New Castle News
New Castle, Pennsylvania, US
Fri, Oct 01, 1948
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