Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Captain

Unit:

Company K, 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division "Tough 'Ombres", U.S. Army (Company K, 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division "Tough 'Ombres", U.S. Army)

Captain Phillip H. Carroll, 0412189, Company K, 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division, United States Army.
For extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against armed enemy. On July 4 1944, in the vicinity of Les Sablons, France, Company K., 3rd Battalion, 358 Infantry, commanded by Captain Phillip H. Carroll, was ordered to attack through lines held by another company to secure strong enemy position. Other attacking troops had twice been thrown back, suffering heavy casualties. Captain Carroll personally led his company forward, across a deep railroad cut, through intense enemy mortar, machine gun, automatic weapons and artillery fire, fearless exposing himself to the enemy in order to encourage his men. Despite a painful shelf-fragment wound which blinded him in one eye, Captain Carroll continued his courageous advance inspiring his men to capture the objective, and not until he had assured the defense of the position did he seek medical aid. Even then he walked to the aid station so that another wounded soldier of his company could be evacuated by litter.
The conspicuous bravery of Captain Carroll, his outstanding fearless leadership and supreme devotion to duty exemplify the highest traditions of the military forces of the United States.


Headquarters, Third U.S. Army, General Orders No. 97 (1944).