Volume 10 , Issue 45

1944 - Oklahoma Heroes

Oklahoma Heroes - Ammunition Passed Despite Heavy Fire -- "It was a bit of daring ammunition passing that brought to T. Sgt. Daniel L. Worley of Ardmore, the award of a Bronze Star.

the place was the Anzio beachhead. The time was middle March. And Worley was with the 45th division when he passed the ammunition that not only brought him the medal, but in the words of the citation, "enabled the company to maintain its defensive positions and prevented a serious breakthrough by the enemy."

The citation, with usual dignity tells how the 22 year old sergeant "during sustained Germ attacks" led a group of men across 600 yards of open ground under heavy enemy tank and small arms fire to deliver critically needed ammunition to a beleaguered infantry company.

Worley, himself, tells it too, in a letter scribbled late one April night:"Guess you read the news of some of the trouble we had on the 'Ides of March.' Boy, that was a crackerjack. I saw Jerry tanks lined up 30 in a row. The artillery really had a field day. There were dead Jerries all over the place.

"They threw in elements of four divisions during the attack, but only succeeded in gaining about 1,000 yards, which we have already taken back." -- The Oklahoman, dated Oct. 1, 1944, page 55
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