Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Acting Sergeant

Unit:

1st Canadian Special Service Battalion, 1st Special Service Force, Fifth Army, U.S. Army

Recommendation:
While in action against the enemy near Littoria, Italy, on 8th February 1944, Sgt Prince, acting alone, ran a telephone wire from our lines fifteen hundred yards into enemy territory to a house in which he established and maintained an artillery observation post for twenty-four consecutive hours. From his position Sgt Prince was not only able to observe enemy artillery emplacements invisible from our line, but was also directly responsible for the complete destruction by artillery of four such enemy positions which were causing considerable damage to our own troops and material.
At one part of his twenty-four hour watch Sgt Prince’s communications were cut by shells. Using his own ingenuity, Sgt Prince donned available civilian clothes and, under direct enemy observation, went out to repair his line to re-establish contact for target observation.
Sgt Prince’s courage and utter disregard for personal safety were an inspiration to his fellows and marked credit to his unit.

Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Sergeant

Unit:

1st Airborne Task Force, Seventh Army, U.S. Army

Awarded for:

Operation Dragoon

"So accurate was the report rendered by the patrol that Sergeant Prince's regiment moved forward on 5 September 1944, occupied new heights and successfully wiped out the enemy bivouac [encampment] area. The keen sense of responsibility and devotion to duty displayed by Sergeant Prince is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service and reflects great credit upon himself and the Armed Forces of the Allied Nations."

The 1st Airborne Task Force was an ad-hoc United States Army–British Army airborne force activated for Operation Dragoon, the invasion of Southern France, during World War II. It was disbanded after Thanksgiving in November, 1944.