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Show X5fie AMERICAN (Copy for This Department Supplied by the American I.jrlon Nrwn Service.) SWAM MEUSE UNDER FIRE Sorgt. M. Waldo Hatler of Joplin, Mo., Wears Medals for World War Bravery. In tlie flRliting In France Serpt. M. Waldo Hatler of Joplin, Mo., swam the Sleuse river under fire after a com- HP5"" rade had perished in the attempt, landed within the I 1 German lines and -imp explored their po- 1 L J siHons thoroughly ' ytC ' and swam hack """'SdrSt.. across the river zi!S0ir ji with Information l''ly II of great value to flLtf 1 the American - ' J i command. For U'if'jStfv-xt Yf ' this he has re- fe's. ceived the croce di guerra of Italy, the equivalent of the French croix de guerre. Hatler met Gen. Armando Dlnz, commander in chief of the Italiun armies in the World war, at the third national convention of the American Legion in Kansas City. After this meeting the Italian decoration was presented at special ceremony In Joplin. The Missouriun also wears the American Medal of Honor and the French crolx de guerre. |