..Puerto Rico's
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65th Infantry Regiment
Bronze Star
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HEADQUARTERS........................
3D INFANTRY DIVISION
GENERAL ORDERS - NUMBER 25 - 29 JANUARY 1951
CITATION
Corporal Cristobal Melendez Claudio, RA30434073, Infantry,
Company
"B", 65th Infantry, 3d Infantry Division, United States
Army. On 14 December
1950 at Oro-ri, Korea, Corporal Melendez Claudio's unit
came under heavy
enemy attack and forced to withdraw to higher grounds
Corporal Melendez -
Claudio vountarily went back into enemy held territoy
to remove a wounded
officer. Shortly thereafter friendly artillery and mortar
fire started to
fall on and near the units position. Corporal Melendez
Claudio again
volunteered to go into enemy held territory to reach
a command point
and caused the artillery to cease fire, thus he prevented
casualties in his
unit. His courage, aggressiveness and disregard of his
own personal safety
reflect great credit upon himself and is in keeping with
the highest
traditions of the military service. Entered the military
service from Puerto
Rico.