Evening star., 1945-02-11

the roof COL fvt' Beach,
lapsed. killing two and wounding
seven.
When eight litter cases had been
evacuated the remaining troops
were withdrawn to the reverse slope
of the hill. Then it was discovered
that two soldiers were still buried
in the debris and Pvt. Beach vol
unfairly went forward to find his
comrades.
Returning into the range of in
tense fire, he began to move tim
bers and rocks. keeping on the alert
for the appearance of enemy forces.
Exposed to enemy shell fire which
blasted the remaining walls with
direct hits, Pvt. Beach, with no re-
gard for his own safety, continued
moving rubble despite his torn and
bleeding hands and the shell bursts
that were showering him with debris.
Uncovering one wounded soldier,
Pvt. Beach shielded him from flying
shell fragments, and after working
an hour and half, finally extricat-
ed him from the weight of the rocks
and timbers. The other soldier, bur-
led in the debris, was dead.
Pvt. Beach removed his rescued
comrade to a protected position and
administered first aid. THE courage
displayed by Pvt Beach in hostile
shell fire saved the life of his COM
rade," the citation states.
Pvt. Beach, native of Alexandria
and former student at George
Washington High School where he
was active.in athletics, has seen his
l5-month- old twins, Ronnie and
Donnie, only once for hours when
they were 10 days old. His wife, Mrs.
Madeline Beach, also attended
George Washington High School.
Capt. Irving NJ. Rothstein, son of
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert j. Rothstein,
1882 Montague street NV, was
awarded the Bronze Star for heroic
achievement" at Ormoc, Leyte,
where he administered first aid and
evacuated incoming casualties, de
spite a concentration of japanese
artillery fire" Capt. Rothstein, a
Dental Corps officer, is also a vet
eran of the invasion of Guam.
The Bronze Star has also been
awarded the following:
Maj. F. Joseph Donohue, son of
Mrs. Gertrude Donohue, Annapolis
Hotel, for operations against the
enemy from May 13, 1943, to Feb
ruary /, 1914. He is with the 9th
Air Force
Pfc. Rudgar c. Miles, infantry,
1929 Burlington place NV, in Italy.
Tech. Sergt. Brun Fichette, field
artillery, 619 South Irving street,
Arlington, in Belgium.
Master Sergt. Norman Parkinson,
infantry, 322 Second street S.W.,
now on the western front.
Capt. Benedict Harris Sterling,
Cavalry, Leonardtown, Md, in
France.
Pfc. Ralph G. Hutchins, 20, COM
bat engineer, $500 Thirty-eighth
street NV, now on the western
front.
Pfc. william E. Feeney, jr., ar
mored division, 233 Seventeenth
street Sc, in Italy.
Brig. Gen. Omar T. Pfeiffer, u S.
M. c., 40, Haleuii, Rockville, Md.
1t. Col. William Thyson, jr., U. S.
M. c., 1902 R street NV.
1t. Col. Arthur Carbonell, 3219
Northampton street NV, in the
South Pacific.
Tech. Sergt. Broders G. Moore,
infantry, 3l9 East Capitol street, in
France.
1t. Col. John ]. Davis, 4831 Will
lettparkway, Chevy Chase, Nd, in
Italy.
Brig. Gen. william C. Crane, 1904
Idaho avenue NV, in Italy.
First 1t. John M. Davies, infantry,
Falls Church, Va.
Col. Ralph w. Zwicker, infantry,
3501 Morrison street NV.
Pfc. Harold Dillman, infantry,
Bladensburg, Md.
Pvt. Miles, Wireman, laid and
maintained communication lines be-
tween the company command post,
the platoons and observation posts
during an attack upon an enemy
held hill. Working under fire, he
enabled the company commander to
remain in constant touch with all
elements of the company during the
opening phases of a large-scale Of
fensive.
Sergt. Fichette received the award
for achievement during military