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Show RsTHUMOUSLY a Silver Star " I was awarded to Pvt. Willis V. Mc- Farland, St. Louis, Mo. When attempting to establish a beachhead on the Rapido River, Italy, Pvt. McFarland's unit was halted by enemy artillery fire. Dropping to the ground, he crawled over the hell-blasted shore to cut barbed wire, discharging his automatic rifle as he went. Thus he advanced through barbed wire entangle- ments until severely wounded. He gave his life fighting to free Italy, and the purchase of War Bonds will help continue that fight until all of the world is liberated from the Axis yoke. V. S. Treasury Department |