28 May 1944

Italy
  • US Staff Sergeant Rudolph Davila risked personal harm near Artena, Italy to lead four machine gun crews to provide support for a beleaguered friendly rifle company, and then personally charged into a German-held village to kill several German infantrymen and eliminated two German machine gun positions. He was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross medal for this action. ww2dbase [Battle of Anzio | Rudolph Davila | Artena, Lazio | CPC]

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