SJOBERG WINS BRONZE STAR FR GALLANTRY - Pfc John C. Sjoberg, son of Mr. & Mrs. Alvar Sjoberg, Stockbridge Avenue, Iron Mountain, grandson of Mr. & Mrs. John Andrews, Jr., 310 East C Street, Iron Mountain, has been awarded the Bronze Medal for Gallantry in Action. He is being awarded for s heroic achievement in connection with military operations against the enemy on February 17, 1945 in the vicinity of Halt, Holland, under intense mortar shelling. Pfc Sjoberg, although wounded himself, led 2 groups of litter-bearers along a perilous & unfamiliar route to other wounded men of his combat patrol. Under his leadership, evacuation of the causalities was successfully accomplished. Pfc Sjoberg is serving with the 9th U.S. Army & also holds a Purple Heart Medal for being wounded in action. He graduated from Iron Mountain High School in 1942 & enlisted in November 1942, on his 18th birthday. He was assigned to Infantry &b trained in this country before being sent overseas July 1943.
March 30, 1945, Daily News, Iron Mountain, Dickinson, MI. The complete article can be found in the above newspaper at the Dickinson County Library, Iron Mountain, Michigan.
March 30, 1945, Daily News, Iron Mountain, Dickinson, MI. The complete article can be found in the above newspaper at the Dickinson County Library, Iron Mountain, Michigan.
SJOBERG WINS BRONZE STAR FR GALLANTRY - Pfc John C. Sjoberg, son of Mr. & Mrs. Alvar Sjoberg, Stockbridge Avenue, Iron Mountain, grandson of Mr. & Mrs. John Andrews, Jr., 310 East C Street, Iron Mountain, has been awarded the Bronze Medal for Gallantry in Action. He is being awarded for s heroic achievement in connection with military operations against the enemy on February 17, 1945 in the vicinity of Halt, Holland, under intense mortar shelling. Pfc Sjoberg, although wounded himself, led 2 groups of litter-bearers along a perilous & unfamiliar route to other wounded men of his combat patrol. Under his leadership, evacuation of the causalities was successfully accomplished. Pfc Sjoberg is serving with the 9th U.S. Army & also holds a Purple Heart Medal for being wounded in action. He graduated from Iron Mountain High School in 1942 & enlisted in November 1942, on his 18th birthday. He was assigned to Infantry &b trained in this country before being sent overseas July 1943.
March 30, 1945, Daily News, Iron Mountain, Dickinson, MI. The complete article can be found in the above newspaper at the Dickinson County Library, Iron Mountain, Michigan.
March 30, 1945, Daily News, Iron Mountain, Dickinson, MI. The complete article can be found in the above newspaper at the Dickinson County Library, Iron Mountain, Michigan.
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