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    1. [ARIZARD] List help - thanks!
    2. Roger Harvell
    3. Thanks, everybody. Thanks to the list, I now have this guy connected to our family history... Warnock D. Harwell Awards and Citations Silver Star (Citation Needed) - SYNOPSIS: Second Lieutenant (Cavalry) Warnock D. Harwell, United States Army, was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action while serving with the 1st Cavalry Division in the Pacific Theater of Operations during World War II. General Orders: Headquarters, 1st Cavalry Division, General Orders No. 5 (1945) Action Date: World War II Service: Army Rank: Second Lieutenant Division: 1st Cavalry Division THE 1ST CAVALRY DIVISION IN WORLD WAR II Page 94... "...To the north some 2500 yards, the 7th and 112th Cavalry continued to move slowly south abreast of the 32d Division. Not yet out of the densely wooded, hogbacked country, their progress was relatively slow, as the enemy, now cut off from his supplies by the 12th Cavalry, disputed every inch of ground. When an outpost guard from"B" Troop, 112th Cavalry, fell wounded on an exposed area covered by the fire of several enemy machine guns, his platoon commander, Lieut. Warnock D. Harwell of Oklahoma City, Okla., unhesitatingly crawled to his assistance in plain view of the enemy and despite the constant fire, Lt. Harwell succeeded in bringing him to safety..." Rogers State University - Claremore, Oklahoma The Warnock D & Glora Harwell Scholarship Endowment Criteria: Veterans & students with physical handicap Financial need

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