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Show r;. jAeSfCAN heroes by JULIAN OLLENDORFF Y V HEN Nazi planes strafed the SS Samuel Parker, setting fire to its cargo of high explosives and aviation gasoline, during unloading operations at a Sicily beachhead, Fred A. Anderson, able teaman, dropped into the hold and extinguished the blaze in the ammunition. Then he went into another hold and put out fires in the gasoline. He was awarded the Merchant Marine Distinguished Service Medal. War Bond helped upply the gas, munitions and fire I extinguishers. V. S. Treasury Department |