Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Captain

Unit:

5th Rangers

Awarded on:

1944

He was awarded the Silver Star for taking out a German post behind enemy lines - crawled on his belly for almost a mile to find anyone from his battalion that he had sent behind the enemy lines. They were all killed and then he crawled to find them and that is when he took out the German post.

General Orders No. 6, Headquarters, 5th Army(1944).