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Rudolph Davila

Relentless Leadership
a painting by Matt Hall
depicting Davila's actions

Featured Recipient of April 2002

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Second Lieutenant Davila led a charge against heavy machinegunners
Rudolph Davila showed relentless leadership during his actions near Artena, Italy in World War II. He led a charge that helped relieve a rifle company of heavy enemy machinegun fire. At one point, despite being wounded in the leg, he mounted a turret of a burnt out tank and fired upon an enemy force.
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