“…Valor”

New York Times, April 19, 1943, p.12

20 MEDALS WILL GO TO POLICE HEROES; Valentine Announces Names of Members of Department to Be Honored for Bravery…

Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association Medal for Valor

Patrolman ELIGIO SARRO, Seventy-first Precinct-On Feb. 2, 1942, while off duty and in civilian clothes, encountered four men holding up a Broome Street store. While the victims were being searched Patrolman Sarro fired at the bandit standing guard near the door. The holdup men fled and the patrolman pursued. During an exchange of shots the armed bandit fell, mortally wounded. Both he and an accomplice taken into custody later had criminal records. The accomplice was convicted and was sentenced to a long term in State prison.