Woodbury County

Pfc. James W. Bauer

 

 

IN UNIFORM

Pfc. James W. Bauer, 2617 S. Coral Street, member of the 27th armored infantry battalion of the Ninth armored division, had been awarded a bronze star medal for meritorious service in action against the Germans. The definite deed that won the award was related by the war department as “dressing the wounds of a wounded officer under fire and evacuating him to a safe position."

Source: The Sioux City Journal, September 22, 1945