2nd Infantry Division Korean War Awards General Orders 1952 240 Thru 245 Korean War Project Record: 2ID Generals Orders File - GO-208 PID: 11 National Archives and Records Administration College Park, Maryland Records: United States Army Unit Name: Second Infantry Division Record Group: RG407 Editor: Hal Barker Korean War Project P.O. Box 180190 Dallas, TX 75218-0190 http://www.koreanwar.org Search 2nd Division Awards Database
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2nd Infantry Division
Korean War Awards
General Orders 1952 240 Thru 245
Korean War Project Record: 2ID Generals Orders File - GO-208
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oon from- all -d'ir0otto'hs, '_:ferc:lnga, withdrawbl. J. -,ii"oh uttpr disre:;ard .for ·his own- safety, ' Ser·~,;Q snt BP.xtrER~FE!:~~.- pl~cod. .hi.m.sol:t ·ii~ a pos.ition t9 COVer . tre Wit hdra ,~81. ,:bliu.s 1 dra~1 in_z t h3 enemy fir:.J ,...fror,; the _I":.:l st of. the ,pa .. h"'l. His~ act ion,s .,. ~varG 1 ~.I eel y ru sponsi·bl.:: .for _ ;ma.ny enemy qasual t ;ios: and the succ'3ssful coi<li>1 -.3tion d:f .-tl:lE- r.:ission • . Th0 :;atl :ant:c~r in'.,action dis.pl:~wod
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thc · proviSion·s of ~ ii:x..:;cu.tivc- · Ordcr 9419, 4 ·Fobruar;• 1S4~- (sac .II; ·,iD Btll 3,. H44), _ and~ P.\l!suant to ,_ a D.thority~ in AR 600-45., tho BronzGStar' hicdal with
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· SERGEAN•r' FIR3:r' ,GLASS AOKAL,D· +.. .:En.rc:r-, R'A314l9791, , (tb:~ n S.org~antL· .... ' Infantry; ·,vn1tod Stat·=> a .Army;- . a ,mombol;' of. Company :G, 9th Inf ~try ~egim~nt, 2d Infantry .Div·:Lsia:n, ·di~tin,gui,sho.d himself by h0ro;i.c a9htcvy.zr1~n,~ · o·r. , 22 Fe"b:fu.ar:y ·· l~_o2 in .-t;p.::: ·. ylcin.ity· of .Kumlr>Na, Koroa ·~ ·,on· that da~c, .whU.e. :. part i'Cib~t.ing in a .. ;6~1ba:t ~,aiding. pat'I'Ol' S.:;r':;o ' 'llt . J3rCF.~ d±spl}~y~d br·av~I'Y as a' le~d sc.out. As tho ' patrol · noarud· its obj'ectiv.:;, Scre:;aant B't;CIF'sigllte'd an enemy ~bunlcer. a~cr &uard ·only . .a few' yards tt:o::.'i. his po·s.it:!-'of\,_ ·and .,b;-;gan: to creep toviard tho hostilz emplaccmoht. ' ,limn ho h~_Q' ro:achod a, s.uita-blo spot~, li() ·pi.il]cd tho ' pin on ··.s 'gr<lnadc,; ~u'l<i , t:h:tew H i,n-to thd ·gunk8r; and'
tho wound2 d ?otf1~or •. to safJty • . His cbUrag0ous ·an,. ·soifloss ·~'$-t~on .aavad tho lifo .9f a. ;man who m,ight -othc,rwdso havo .. <}.io·d ·on ··.th..} ."b!nt.tlqfiCld rand we~. a ·
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(~cc· II, ,~D B41 3., 194d:}. anO. pursuant·''!io autnorit.Y· 11:1 AR . eo ·. ':"'~.e, t~ .,Br'9~e Star MoQ.al witl;l. Lott'or . 1'iP: devicE~ fo'r h.ar:oitc1 aehi..::v-:!l.lont ;in connoct1.6n· with KUit<:~ryop::rrat.tons ag$j,.nst en e nem\r. of: \)h .•. · tr~i~.:ld S Jiip~\..:s is oWardod · to tho foll ovi in.g:.),1'ame.d of''ti.C0ri.. ·' 1
the provisions of. the Act of Cong~ess, approved 2 July 1926 (HD Bul 8·, ·1926), and pursuant ·to authority ·in AR 600-45~ the · Soldier1 s Hedal. for heroism not.-I. '
involving actual cop..flict with an enemy is e.warded. to the follovd..ng-cvun.ed enlisted I:len:
CORPO:~U.. JOI-li\T J SliiTH, US5512442i; Inlcmtry; United ·st,.~tes Army, a ·., member of Compn...'1.y F, 9th Infantry Reg:iJne,nt, 2d Wcmtry Division, distin-. guished himself l.:>y heroism on 10 Apl."il 1952 in' the vicinity of Cha.t-Kol, Korea. On that date, Coi·porD-1 SEITH, a Hnchine Gunner, observed an enemy mortar round hit the -position of a fcjlow soldier. VJithout hesitation, he · and a comre:de went to th~ posit;ion to . invcst:..gc/ce the extent of the dCl!llllge. Upon arrival, they .di.scovered that ·~he explosion .had set fire to a box of
· hand grenades. · As his comr-::-.de handeq tho · i:Jruming box of grenades t.o Corporal SHITH, he immcdin !tcly threw :the contents . cle<'.r of' danger. . U pan entering · the posi tJ.on a· .sedbnd . tirhe~ Corporal SliiTH and his f:riend sight.cd a wo~dcd tmn-ly::i.ng' ItclplqssJ:y .. on the gro';lll<;i• Mtcr c~.llin;e;; for rnedical . .- · aid,.. he ~d his .comrade, vdth utter· dis,regard fer their ovm safety Vlhich
I was being threatened by burning e.rr).i'JJ.mi tion and . c~1c.my mortar fire, con tinned r..
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to ·give tho injured flk~ assistance. Corp9ral ~iiTH's . couragcous actions enabled medical ~.idmcn ·to roach the VJOU11dcd soldier TJith,ou.t riskili.g their
. lives ncar the fire.~. The heroism displaye;d by Corporal S~ITTH reflects .grOat qrcdit upon hiinsolf and. the military service. Entered .tho Federal SCryicc. frCLl liicl~. '
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P.lUVAT~ FJDST · CL\SS,. HOiti~oCE HOH.Ati.D JR; I?J.U8392702, .In+antry, United'. States 'Army, ~ utcmi)cr of Corupany F, 9th b.fa,;1try Rcgimc~t, ·2d Infantry Div.J.sion, . dist:ii1guishcd himself by ne~oianon 10·, April ~952 in tho , v:ircinity , of Chat-Kol, Ko'rcia. On that datc, Privtite HOVL!U.1D,· an .Amr.J.unition Bearer,
~ 0 bserved t.hu t an Cl'lO.tcy l:tor tai- round )lit tho' posi tiph. of a. f cu.m·~ : soldicr. Uitho.U:t hcsita tion; he and a comrade went .to tqc position to invcs:tiga tg
. the extent of tho damago~-:· · Upon arrival; ~ thc.y · discaver.cd t.hat thb' -:cxplos'i.Q\1 • ' • • • ·' "'\ ' •· . I
had set fire ;co a bo.:({. of ,mmd grcna4cs a.L1.d an a.utorJati¥ ,ri:f;lc <l\lWoilition 'bcit.. Hithout lmovd.ng that anyone ··was ·':ln thc 'pcsi~ion ,' .i?i:ivhtc HOTHARD
'' he.ri:dcd :. ~0. box of . grOJ?<-'\clS to his . comradQ., Vlh(') ,tP,r:oii th~· qonton~ ffortl:j• tho· ' I ~. .'
positipr;1 t9 a ·point .out qf cillr].ge:I"'. ~rivato· HOU.A.RD than fondl.qcl; tho ammunition , qqlt" out of·~:the l)Ositibn; COVering it with: .. Sruld m ·, order to .ifputralizc . tho hazar dous fire • .Upon entering thG position thci second time, he ~d his fritmd sighted a vwunc'tcd riiD.n. After · ccl.ling for medical aid, they p;t'd-
. cccdcd, to give · assistance to · tho L13.urcrd soldier, COfllplctoly disroga:rdirig tho personal danger :i.nvo].vcd; His quick' action:s r;w.dc it possible' for trio injured flk.'1..11 to :rcc'civc mocliqal assi~rt;.1.ncc in n m.iil.iluUin of :time. Tho .. hor()-.1 ism disp~uycd by-Private riOfJJ~r.D :t;cflQcts great credit upon himself and 'the milita~·y sorocc•.-1 Entered the Fcd.cral service from Texas. .
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FIRST LIE\JTElJANT PlliJNR1• A HOLGU~. -' 01339446, Infantry; United Stat.cs Army, H9adqt;tart:crs, 2d ~a,ntry: ~~yi,:?i?Jil, , ~ Kor~rr, , :fi'ro:m ·,l ,. D'0 ecmbcr 1951 to 30 Ma~(. 19 ~2. ~to red the F 0 dcr,a.r lfc,l"'fic c , Il?Ol::J: 'l' c.x;ls •