1919 –
CPT Joseph Giacobello of Pennsylvania served in Company F, 137th Infantry and entered combat in July 1944 during the battle of St. Lo. He received the Silver Star for leading a patrol against heavy enemy fire while wounded. In September, he received his second Silver Star for assaulting a Moselle River dam and infiltrating enemy positions to obtain information allowing his battalion to secure the bridgehead. After his company commander was wounded, he took command and led an attack on the village of Hellimer where he was wounded, receiving his second Purple Heart. In December, he earned the Distinguished Service Cross when he and two enlisted soldiers assaulted an enemy-held factory and for three hours, fought a superior enemy force. During the battle, CPT Giacobello killed two enemy soldiers in hand-to-hand combat.