SERGEANT OF REGIMENT WINS MEDAL - On 26th February 1944, a tank landing ship carrying 150 American troops and a number of German prisoners ran on to the rocks off the Italian coast at Fomi, Ponza. Sergeant Georger Oerend, of 'Mullahed', Tander Abee, , Northern Ireland, called for a rescue party and led them to a steep 200 ft. cliff, at the foot of which the ship was being pounded against the rocks. There was no beach between the cliff face and the sea, and Sergeant Overend made his way downwards against the almost vertical side of the cliff. He then waded out chest-deep in
SERGEANT OF REGIMENT WINS MEDAL - On 26th February 1944, a tank landing ship carrying 150 American troops and a number of German prisoners ran on to the rocks off the Italian coast at Fomi, Ponza. Sergeant Georger Oerend, of 'Mullahed', Tander Abee, , Northern Ireland, called for a rescue party and led them to a steep 200 ft. cliff, at the foot of which the ship was being pounded against the rocks. There was no beach between the cliff face and the sea, and Sergeant Overend made his way downwards against the almost vertical side of the cliff. He then waded out chest-deep into the sea betweb jagged rocks to the disable craft, and saved many of the crew who had jumped from the tank landing ship. Now Sergeant Overend has received from Brigadier General Edward the Amiercan Soldiers' Medal for his couraguous action. GEORGE GEORGE OVEREND, Regiment, receiving the American Soldiers' Medal from Brigadier Genral Edward M. Morris Royal Air Force
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