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Home Town Concord, CA
Last Address CONCORD, CA
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French Croix De Guerre WWII - 1945
Name of Award French Croix De Guerre WWII
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Year Awarded 1945
Last Updated: Apr 5, 2014
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3RD INFANTRY DIVISION 254th Infantry Regiment attached FRENCH CROIX DE GUERRE WITH PALM, awarded under Decision No. 508, 15 March 1945, by the President of the Provisional Government of the French Republic, with the following citation:
An elite Division which has remained faithful to the traditions of courage and sacrifice which it had already made during the last war, when it won the nickname "Rock of the Marne". Under the vigorous impetus of an enegetic chief and skilled maneuverer, General O'Daniel, it fought without interruption for 169 days, from the Mediterranean beaches to the banks of the Rhine. Placed under the command of the Commanding General of the 1st French Army, for the operations of the Alsace pocket, it contributed greatly, by the power of its repeated attacks, to the victorious battle of Colmar. During the nights of January 23 to 24 January 1945, it succeeded in crossing, by surprise, the Fecht and Ill rivers and in taking the first enemy position, in spite of a violent snowstorm and a field of action sown with obstacles. Allowing the adversary no respite and pushing its action harder and harder, it crossed the Colmar Canal in order to circle and conquer by sheer fighting, the city of Neuf-Brisach, thereby cutting one of the two remaining routes of retreat left to the German troops still defending the Colmar region. It captured during these actions, more than 4000 prisoners, thus concluding brilliantly the series of glorious operations which took place from the Mediterranean to the Rhine.
