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Show One An American. WINNIPEG, Man. Jan. 12. Sergeant George if. Mullin of Portland. Ore., who enlisted with a Canadian infantry unit here, was gazetted todav as having won tiie Victoria cros, and it is said that, so far as known in Winnipeg, he is the first American to have that honor. Mullin, single-handed, captured a German Ger-man "pill box" which had withstood a heavv bombardment during the British attack- He rushed forward and destroyed de-stroyed part of the garrison with bombs. Then, crawling to the top, he shot two machine gunners and next rushed to another an-other entrance and captured ten men. the entire force there. Mullln's clothes were riddled with bullets,- but he was uninjured. |