AMERICANS DECORATED
WASHINGTON, January 24. The War Department announces that the Silver Star has been awarded to Brigadier-General Clovis Byers for gallantry in action in New Guinea between December 4 and 24, and the Distinguished Service Medal to Colonel Paul Wurtsmith for exceptionally meritorious service when in command of an army air force group in the vicinity of Darwin since March, 1942.' Lewis Sebring, correspondent of the "New York Herald Tribune" in Australia, points out that 34 of the 55 Disjtinguished Service Crosses awarded by ' General Mac Arthur have gone to members of the 32nd (former National Guard) Division, which came under fire for the first time in this war, dramatically answering the question whether American citizen soldiers are able to fight after two years of training.
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Evening Post, Volume CXXXV, Issue 21, 26 January 1943, Page 5
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