Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Chief Warrant Officer

Unit:

Signal Detachment, White House, U.S. Government

Awarded on:

January 15th, 1946

"CHIEF WARRANT OFFICER Horace K. Caldwell, W2139798, Army of the United States, as Chief Cryptographer, later, Supply Officer and Personnel Officer, White House Signal Detachment, from April 1943 to November 1945, contributed importantly to protection of communications vital to the progress of the war. He displayed unusual initiative and devotion to duty in the proper operation of all cryptographic equipment used for Presidential communications."