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Show 5 ; r f . i ; V - i ' r' '. ; ' . - 1 r i 1 5 STAFF SERGEANT ALLEN O. BICKMORE . . . son of Mr. and IVD-s. E. M. Eickmore of Paradise, was awarded the purple heart for military merit. The citation came as a result of his action in Italy last November when he set one Nazi tank afire and blew up another an-other with mortar fire at 1750 yards. He has been in the army since February 1941, and landed with the first troops at Casablanca. He participated in the North African, Sicilian and Italian campaigns. |