Salt Lake Tribune | 1918-03-15 | Page 11 | A Hero Every Day

' A HERO EVERY DAY Brave Deeds of ,Men in America's Fighting Service. V- : f Coxswain G. P. Grice of tiie naval reserve re-serve force lias been officially commended by the secretary of the navy for a rescue made at great personal risk. E. P. Rodriguez, Rod-riguez, a navy yard painter, was at work on the side of the U. S. S. Bridgeport, when lie lost his balance and fell between the vessel and the wharf. ile struck his head in falling, and was unable to help himself in the water. Although the narrowness of the space between the Bridgeport and the wharf made any attempt at-tempt at rescue highly hazardous. Grice plunged in without hesitalio, and seized P.odrigucz just as the latter was going down for the third time. Quick work by a surgeon brought the painter back to life. Grice enlisted at.Ncv Orleans ill June, 1!.HT. He gave as hi next of kin his mother, Mrs. G. C. Grice of West Monroe, La. ,