..Puerto Rico's
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65th Infantry Regiment
Bronze Star
HEADQUARTERS 3D INFANTRY DIVISION
GENERAL ORDERS - NUMBER 69 - 20 March 1951
..Puerto Rico's
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Bronze Star
HEADQUARTERS 3D INFANTRY DIVISION
GENERAL ORDERS - NUMBER 69 - 20 March 1951
FIRST BRONZE OAK-LEAF CLUSTER TO THE BRONZE STAR MEDAL
Captain George J. Magner, (then First Lieutenant), 01296874,
Infantry, Company
"C", 65th Infantry, 3d Infantry Division, United States
Army. On 28 November
1950, in the vicinity of Sinsong-ni, Korea, Captain Magner,
Company Commander
of Company "C", was given the mission of making contact
with the right flank
elements. To make this contact, he led his company through
an area occupied by
the enemy. With complete disregard for his own personal
safety, he consistently
exposed himself to incessant enemy fire by placing himself
in the most forward
positions. He directed his men in driving approximately
one hundred enemy
soldiers out of well dug-in emplacements. When the company
was disorganized by
sudden fire from the hills to its rear, Captain Magner
immediately reorganized
his company and directed well aimed fire on the enemy,
inflicting many casualties
and forcing the enemy to retreat. Captain Magner's leadership
and gallantry re-
fleet the highest traditions of the military service. Entered
the military ser-
vice from the State of Ohio
Source: Record Group 338: General Orders 3rd Infantry Division, Boxes 129 to 131 -
National Archives and Records Administration, College Park, Maryland.