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Escape from a Jap ambush on Taur River shores
Sgt Otis E Hawkins of Nankin Ohio led a 12 man patrol across a ford at the Taur River when they were ambushed by Japanese forces with multiple machine guns and mortars. Hawkins braved heavy fire to rescue Sgt Truman D Souden, carried him 75 yards through river water, and organized a late rescue for wounded comrades before darkness halted reinforcement efforts.
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Otis E. Hawkins
Nankin
Ohio
Hawkins
Truman D. Souden
Long Beach
Calif
Taur
Souden
Jap Nambu
Frank Polasek
Pontiac, Mich
George A. Billen
Sharon
Polasek
Billen
Be Es
Solomon Islands
Cpl
George J
Red) Conaway
Cadiz
Munda
New Georgia
Ted Prozek
Cleveland
Peltiah W. Leete
Des Moines
Iowa
Leete
Pfc
Elbert H
Doc) Watson
Ararat
N. C
Conaway
Arthur W. Rickey
Steubenville
Rickey
Doc
Louden