This collection of military items belonged to Pfc. Felipe Savorillo of Santo Rita, New Mexico. He was inducted into active service on May 8, 1944, and discharged on September 1, 1946. Savorillo served as a rifleman in Company I, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 5th Infantry Division. He arrived in theater in time to participate in operations around Metz. During the German Ardennes offensive, the 5th Division was deployed to the southern sector of the Bulge in Luxembourg to initiate the counteroffensive. On December 26, 1944, Savorillo was wounded by an artillery burst and hospitalized for several weeks. He later rejoined his regiment and took part in operations in Germany until the end of German resistance.
The group consists of his cased Purple Heart, Good Conduct medal, dog tags, 2nd regiment DUI’s, pinback ribbon bar (Purple Heart, good conduct and European theater with 3 stars), a photograph in uniform he sent to his mother, 3-5th Division SSI, original discharge certificate, 4 single award ribbons, ruptured duck pin and GC lapel pin, a single cufflink, a French soldiers dog tag and a Japanese occupation of the Dutch East Indies Tien Gulden currency note.
A nice group of historically significant military items that belonged to a combat infantryman in the European theater.
