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HomeMy WebLinkAboutscrapbook military doris tucker willett (8).... M1 V1,idow t,n UeceivA Silver star t 3'1�P Silver Star post.h"amousl;y 1 A wA rded St n fT grrgegLnt Edward P. SlIPA. will hr FaPnt to his Wife, Mrs. V,mily Dodds �qhpnt who with their A011, Edward P. Sli on Jr., reside* at i t 1, A c,A, RT) Is. .B01- i in ]Rochester, Sergaa,nt Slipa ws.s the son of Mr. A nna Mrs . Edward P. Shea of 29 Parkdale ' Terrace, Rochester. 14e attended high school in Rochester, and when 19 went into the Army, Aerving for 3 ,years, receiving it discharge, and being recalled to service in March, E 1942. He went overseas in Novem- ber, 1943. Sergeant Shea on Sept. 13, 1944, in France, led. his squad a distance of 175 yards from an enemy mortar position which had temporaril s halted his platoon. "With his squad to cover him," the citation states, "Shea advanced alone to within 10 yards of the emplacement, fired six rounds and killed the two German occupants. In order to reach his objective, he had "no alternative but to pass through the heaviest point of the enemy's concentration, with shells bursting within 20 yards of him. "The despatch of this enemy po- sition and its team of two Ger- mans made it possible for the pla- toon to accomplish its objective of Wiping out an intermediary enemy defense; Sergeant Shea was killed in subsequent action." 1 Earl Thomas Williams Earl �'f,��ll1 S wilfiallis 51.9 S. Plain fit, � , 28, of Au 16 � died e�lt'I,v today, . '� . t ����� in Bugs .Men��ut�ial Hospital after a ton ' was fog~nzerl � illness. He tool and �' employed in the die repair department Of the MorSe Chain C0 r n n n r t, s i T_ An serve Seller U.S. Saml Da Selle Selle High ester ftel 1eck Hosl into Thor Lt, of 1V. 712 Thor