Madison County GaArchives News.....MACK BROWN RECEIVES SOLDIER'S MEDAL FOR HEROISM March 2, 1945
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Danielsville Monitor March 2, 1945
 
MACK BROWN RECEIVES SOLDIER'S MEDAL FOR HEROISM

   With the Eighth Army in the Philippines--Technician 5th Grade Carol Mack 
Brown, of Clayton, Ga. has been awarded the Soldier's Medal for heroism in 
Dutch New Guinea by the Sixth Army Commandant, General Walter Krueger 
Technician Brown is presently serving in a Coast Artillery Unit with General  
Krueger's Sixth Army in the liberation of the Philippines.
   The soldier was a member of a group of men who volunteered to extinguish 
a roaring blaze in a bomb dump containing 3,400 tons of high explosives.  
 " Regardless of the great danger, " read the citation, " they removed the 
bombs to clear a break, evacuated and gave aid to the men who had been wounded 
by explosives and ultimately brought the fire under control. "
   " By their courageousness " continued the citation, " they prevented great 
loss of life and vital material. "


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