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Davila, of Spanish-Filipino descent, received the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions near Artena, Italy, during World War II. </p> <blockquote> </blockquote> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-117505" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/war/articles/manuel-perez-jrs-medal-honor"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/war/articles/manuel-perez-jrs-medal-honor" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="547" height="650" alt="Manuel Pérez Jr." typeof="foaf:Image" class="b-lazy" data-src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2023-09/ImageofManuelPerezJr.jpg" /> <noscript><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/max_650x650/public/2023-09/ImageofManuelPerezJr.jpg" alt="Manuel Pérez Jr."/></noscript> </a> </div> <div class="col-content"> <div class="f--label f--uppercase effect--f"> <div class="field field--name-field-article-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Article Type</div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/war/profiles-0" hreflang="en">Profile</a></div> </div> </div> <h3 class="f--title f--tertiary"><a href="/war/articles/manuel-perez-jrs-medal-honor" rel="bookmark" target="_self">Manuel Pérez Jr.’s Medal of Honor</a></h3> <div class="f--desc"> <p>After parachuting on Tagaytay Ridge, Manuel Pérez participated in the horrendous fighting with the Japanese in the Philippines' capital city of Manila, the scene of some of the bloodiest urban combat of the war.</p> </div> </div> </article> </li> <li class="carousel-cell"> <article id="node-117461" class="view-mode--teaser-tile effect--view-mode cf view-mode--hover-effect" about="/war/articles/gallant-stand-monte-battaglia-manuel-v-mendozas-medal-honor"> <div class="col-image"> <a href="/war/articles/gallant-stand-monte-battaglia-manuel-v-mendozas-medal-honor" target="_self"> <img loading="lazy" src="/themes/nwwiim/images/loaders/placeholder.gif" width="243" height="243" alt="Master Sergeant Manuel V. 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