Precinct 4, Willacy County, Texas. HOH: widowed Elizabeth Crum, 32, b. in Indiana; m/o Clifford, 11, Lucel Marie, 9, GLEN S., 7, and Mary Jane, 6, all b. in Texas.
SEBASTIAN SOLDIER AWARDED SILVER STAR WITH SIXTH INFANTRY DIVISION ON LUZON
Private Glen S. Crum, son of Mrs. Elizabeth C. Oakes, of Sebastian, Texas, has been awarded the Silver Star by the commanding general of the 6th Infantry Division for gallantry in action against the Japanese at Villasis, Luzon, on January 21.
Crum's rifle platoon was pinned down by machine gun rifle and mortor fire coming from pillboxes and well fortified positions at close quarters. Crum made a one-man assault on the nearest emplacement, destroying the gun and its crew. His courageous action enabled members of his platoon to withdraw.
Crum is a member of the First Infantry Regiment of the 6th Division, holder ofthe continous combact record in the Southwest Pacific. His regiment was instrumental in clearning the Japs from the historic province of Bataan.
His mother wrote that she had a letter from him just after this when he went behind the lines to cleanup and shave and wash his clothes and rest. Then he was in continous combat for 78 days when he was injured fatally on April 2nd. He was removed to the hospital behind the line but he never rallied.
