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“Under constant bombardment by well-equipped rebel snipers, Pvt. France Silva of Hayward sprinted through a hail of gunfire in a move his fellow Marines later described as heroic.
A bullet struck the 25-year-old soldiers left elbow, pierced his arm and bounced into his sternum.
For his actions on July 1, 1900, as part of an international fight to put down the Boxer Rebellion in China, Silva was awarded the prestigious National Medal of Honor and accepted a medical discharge several months later.”
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