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Show Moab Sergeant Awarded AwardedSliver AwardedSilver Sliver Silver Star For ForGallantry Gallantry Gallantryin In Achon Action st1 M , M fioiJ fioiJr fioiJ1st r 1st Set Sgt Eugene Pray of Moab Moabbemg Moabbeing Moabbeing bemg being MajorGeneral decorated by I\IaJor I IaJor Major IIaJorGeneral MajorGeneral \ General R G Breene com corn commandmg cornmandmg cornmanding mandmg general Service of ofSuppl ofSupply ofSupply Suppl Supply ) South Pacific Area AreaSignal AreaSignal AreaSignal ( Signal Corps Photo ) With the 25th Infantry dlVIS divis dlVISIon division division Ion Somewhere in m the South Pa Paclflc Pacific Pacific clflc cific clflcAt cificAt -At At - At a decoration review reviewheld reviewheld reviewheld held at a forward base in m the theSouth theSouth theSouth South Pacific on Sunday March March19 19 officers and men of the 25th 25thIrfantry 25thIrfantry ] Irfantry division veterans of - - Pearl Harbor Guadalcanal New NewGeorgia NewGeorgia NewGeorgia Georgia and Vella Lavella who whodlstmguished whodistinguished whodistinguished dlstmguished distinguished themselves in m bat battie battie battie tie were decorated with awards awardswon awardswon awardswon won on New Georgia and Vella VellaLavella VellaLavella VellaLavella VellaLavellaAwards Lavella I IAwards LavellaAwards byMajor Awards were presented by , MaJor General R G Breene Breenecommanding Breenecommanding i icommandmg commandmg commanding general eneral service of ofsupply ofsupply ofsupply supply South Pacific area Ma MaJor Major Major Jor General A J Barnett chief chiefof chiefof chiefof of staff United Umted States Armed ArmedForces ArmedForces ArmedForces Forces in m the South Pacific areaand area areaand areaand and Major General C L Mul Mulhr Mullire Mullire hr lire e Jr commanding commandmg general of ofti oftl ti ! e a 25th Infantry divisionFirst division divisionFirst I First Sergeant Eugene Pray Prayof PraYI PraYInf Prayof . nf of Moab Utah was a\\ a awarded aarded \ arded the theS theS thel S Iver lver Star The citation accomponying accom accomp"nymg accomponying p"nymg pnymg ponying " the award of the medal medalis IS as followsFirst follows followsFirst I First sergeant mfantry infantry mfantryUmted infantryUnited infantryUnited Umted United States army for gallantry gallant gallantry ry in m action at New Georgia GeorgiaSoomon GeorgiaSolomon GeorgiaSolomon Soomon Solomon ] islands by advancmg advancing advancmgunder advancingunder advancingunder under fire and adjusting mortarously mortar mortarously mortarously ously close to his own platoon platoonfire platoonfire platoonfire fire on enemy pillboxes danger dangeron on 28 July 1943 - - - ing districts dlstncts were chosen at mass massrreetmgs massmeetings massmeetings rreetmgs meetings held this weekIn weekIn week weekIn In district dlstnct No 1 the follow followmg followmg following mg were named as delegates delegatesMonday delegatesMonday delegatesMonday Monday evening evenmg E Y MooreEmma Moore MooreEmma MooreEmma Emma Dalton Pearl Kmght Knight KnightSadie KnightSadie Sadie Holyoak Arnel Holyoak HolyoakOtho HolyoakOtho Otho Murphy Roy Holyoak A AM AM AM M Robertson Clarence Holyoak HolyoakJ J B Skewes Loyd PetersonBert Peterson PetersonBert PetersonBert Bert Dalton Willard Nicholsand Nichols Nicholsand Nicholsand and Dan Wmboum Wmbourn Winbourn WmboumIn WmbournIn WinbournIn In No l 1 A M Robertson was waselected waselected waselected elected district dlstnct chairman Mrs MrsEmma MrsEmma Emma Dalton vice chairman chairmanand Mrs J W Hawks secretaryThe secretaryThe secretary | The district dlstnct No 8 mass meet meetll1g meeting meeting ll1g ing was held Tuesday evenmg evening eveningover [ 50 being bemg in m attendance The Thefollowmg Thefollowing Thefollowing followmg following were chosen as dele delegates delegates delegates gates Alvie Alvle Holyoak David DavidPerkms DavidPerkins DavidPerkins Perkms Perkins Ella Stewart Ethel EthelDay EthelDay EthelDay Day Irene Stewart Clive Chve Stew Stewart Stewart Stewart art Zola Stewart Emmett EmmettTroutt EmmettTroutt EmmettTroutt Troutt Jean Chnstensen ChrIstensen Geo GeoP GeoP ' P Merling Merlmg Merhng Amy Hawks Lucian LucianTangren LucianTangren and Edith Stewart - - - - |