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Show ' MONTICELLO 'IONTICELLO IONTICELLO SOLDIER SOLDIERAWARDED SOLDIERAWARDED SOLDIERAWARDED : AWARDED DSC D S C BY BYGENERAL BYGENERAL BYGENERAL : GENERAL MaCARTHURWith MacARTHUR MacARTHURWith With ihe he 33rd Division on Luzon Lu Luzon Luzoo zon zoo ( Special to T I-For I For 1)-For 1) 1 ) I ) - For extra extraordmary extraordinary extraordinary ordmary ordinary heroism against the theJapanese theJapanese theJapanese Japanese in m the vicinity vlcmlty of Bil Bilbil Bilbil bil mountain mountam in m northern Luzon Luzwi LuzonPfc LuzwiPfc LuzonPfc Pfc Juan Vigil son of Mrs Lu Lucmda Lucmda Lucinda cmda M Vigil Monticello Uta'I UtaI Utah Uta'Iwas Utahwas Utahwas . ' DistmguishetService DIstmgUIshedService DistinguishedService was awarded the DIstmgUIshed Distinguished DouglasMacArthur Service Cross by Gen Dougia Douglas ; MaeArthur MacArthur commander in m chIef chIefof chiefof chie.of chieof . of the United Umted States Army Forc Fore Forces Forees Forees es Pacific PacificPfc PacificPfe Pfc Pfe Vigil is a member of ofCompany ofCompany o : Company C of the 130th m in mfan infantry infantry fan fantry try senior semor regiment of the the33rd the33rd th th33rd < 33rd division veterans of threPacific three threePacIfic threePacific ( PacIfic campaigns and liberat liberatlors liberators Iiberators lors ors of Bagulo Baguio As lead scout of ofhis ofhis o"his ohis . " ofIhls his platoon he trudged ahead of ofhis o : Ihls his tense comrades m in the attack attackiof attackof attact-of attact of - iof of Mount Bilbil Bllbll As the mfantr infantry infantrymen infantrymen men aproached their obJectIve obJectIvethey objectivethey objectivethey Imen they were subjected to well dl di dlrected directed directed rected enemy machine machme gun fire firewhich firewhich firewhich II which pinned pmned them to the theground theground theground ground Pfc Pic Vigil spotted the theJap theJap : by'three , Jap gun position manned by bythree 'three three ' Nip soldIersWithout soldiers soldiersWithout I soldIersI ' Without any regard for his hisown hisown hisown own safety he advanced alone aloneand aloneand aloneand and without supporting supportmg fire He Hewas Hewas Hewas was determined determmed to elimmate eliminate elimmatethat eliminatethat eliminatethat that machine machme gun which was wasbarrmg wasbarring wasbarring barrmg barring the progress of his pIa pla pIatoon platoon platoon toon Charging Chargmg directly into mto the theface theface theface face of the enemy he felt their theirhot theirhot theirhot hot lead tear into mto his chest Vigil wenon on until he reached the edgp edge edg of ofthe ofthe othe the enemy emplacement stav Stay stavmg Staying Staying mg ing off the pains pams of his wounds woundshe woundshe woundshe he threw two hand grenades and andemptIed andemptied ancemptied emptIed his rifle into mto the pOSI pOSItIon position position tIon killing klllmg the three Japs and andsllencmg andsilencing ancsilencing sllencmg silencing the machine gun Com Corn Company Cornpany Cornpany pany C was then able to ad advance advance advance vance and successfully accont acconi acconiplish accomplish plish their missionIn mission missionIn In addition to his recent recentaward recentaward recen-award recen award - award Pfc PIc Pie Vigil has receIved receIvedthe receivedthe receivecthe the combat mfantr infantrymau infantry ) man mans s badge badgefor badgefor t > adg adgfor < for satisfactory performance of ofhis o ; his duty in m ground grow1d combat combatagdmst combatagainst comba'against combaagainst ' agdmst against the enemy He is also alsothe als : > : the holder of the purple heart heartthe heartthe the Asiatic Pacific ribbon Tlbbon WItI with withtwo witltwo ' two campaign stars and the thePlulippme thePhilippine th thPhilippine < Philippine Plulippme liberation nbbon ribbon nbbonwith ribbonwith nbborwith with one star |