Nationality:

American (1776 - present, Republic)

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Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Captain

Unit:

Commanding Officer Company H, 120th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division "Old Hickory", U.S. Army

For action performed in the period from 7 August to 12 August 1944, for the defense of Hill 314 near Mortain/Manche département, Basse-Normandie, France.

Headquarters, Ninth U.S. Army, General Orders No. 95 (1945).
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• - Author: Officers of the Regiment, History of the 120th Infantry Regiment, Infantry Journal Press, Washington D.C., USA, 1947
  - Featherston, A., Saving the Breakout – The 30th Division’s Heroic Stand at Mortain, August 7-12, 1944, Presidio Press Inc., Novato, U.S.A., 1993
  - Hewitt, R.L., Workhorse of the Western Front – The Story of the 30th Infantry Division, The Battery Press, Nashville, USA, 1980
  - The 30th Infantry Division Veterans of WWII