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Gino Merli (front row, second from left) at the Medal of Honor presentation June 15, 1945. Born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, Merli was the son of a coal miner.He entered service in the United States Army from Peckville in July 1943 [2] and served with the 2nd Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division.
Private First Class Gino J. Merli. World War II. On the evening of 4 September 1944, near Sars la Bruyere, Belgium, his company was attacked by a superior German force. Their position was overwhelmed, but PFC Merli stayed with his machine gun covering their retreat.
Merli-Sarnoski State Park, located in Fell Township (just outside of Carbondale), Pennsylvania, was co-named for Joseph Sarnoski and Gino J. Merli in 2002; both were World War II Medal of Honor recipients and Lackawanna County residents. A street on the Basic Military Training side of Lackland AFB, Texas has also been named for 2nd Lt Sarnoski.
The following is a list of Italian-American soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines who were awarded the American military's highest decoration — the Medal of Honor.The Medal of Honor is bestowed "for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of life, above and beyond the call of duty, in actual combat against an armed enemy force."
The earliest action for which a U.S. serviceman earned a World War II Medal of Honor was the attack on Pearl Harbor, for which 17 U.S. servicemen were awarded a Medal, although they did so "while engaged in military operations involving conflict with an opposing foreign force" rather than "enemy" since the United States was neutral during the ...
Miles Teller has landed another lead role. The “Whiplash” and “Top Gun: Maverick” star is set to play Italian cycling champion and WWII hero Gino Bartali in upcoming biopic “Bartali.”
Gino J. Merli, Medal of Honor recipient during World War II; Robert C. Morlino, Bishop of Madison, Wisconsin; John Joseph O'Connor, former bishop of Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New York and Bishop of Scranton; Karen Ann Quinlan, key figure in right to die controversy; Martin F. Scanlon, U.S. Air Force general; B. F. Skinner, behaviorist and ...
Everett P. Pope, Gino J. Merli, and Carlton R. Rouh, with President Truman and Rouh's niece at center (June 15, 1945) Luther Skaggs Jr. was born on March 3, 1923, in Henderson, Kentucky . He entered the Marine Corps on October 6, 1942, and received recruit training at Parris Island , South Carolina, and Camp Lejeune , North Carolina.