Victor Peter Brosokas
Home Town: Maiseville, Pennsylvania
Headquarters Company, 16th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, in action against enemy forces on 9 November 1942, near Arcola, Algeria. When the advance of his battalion and an attached artillery battalion was stopped by enemy fire, First Lieutenant Brosokas volunteered along with another man to go forward in a half track vehicle. They destroyed two machine gun positions and proceeded through the town machine gunning all resistance encountered.
Allied Force Headquarters, General Orders No. 32 (1942)
The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Victor Peter Brosokas, First Lieutenant (Infantry), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with
