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World War II Honoree

World War II Veteran

Van T. Barfoot

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Edinburg, Texas

Honored By

Thomas Ernst

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Activity During WWII

Enlisted in 1941; served in the European Theater of Operations; on May 23 1944 at Carson, Italy he single-handedly took out 3 machine gun positions and captured 17 German soldiers. Later, the next day, he took out 3 German tanks sent to recapture the machine gun positions. Awarded Congressional Medal of Honor. Continued his service after WWII.