Sunday, April 7, 2013

On This Date in Minnesota History: April 7


April 7, 1945 – Michael Colalillo was born in Hibbing on December 1, 1925. “He was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor for valor in WWII as a Private First Class in a battle [on this date], near Untergriesheim, Germany. [Colalillo] received the medal at age 20 on January 9, 1946, from President Harry Truman in a ceremony in Washington, D.C. He was one of three WWII Medal of Honor recipients in Minnesota.”
http://www.thehistorypeople.com/data/docs/timeline-part2.pdf




Michael Colalillo's brick displayed at the Duluth Veterans Memorial.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Mike_Colalillo_Brick.jpg







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