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Private James R. Dunn
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Class
of 2005
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United States Army
SILVER STAR |
Citation
A Silver Star Medal is awarded to JAMES R. DUNN,
35631366, Pvt., Corps of Engineers, Co. “C”, 167th
Engineer Combat Battalion, who while serving with the Army
of the United States distinguished himself by gallantry in
action on 12-13 Sep 44 near Dieulouard, France. With complete
disregard of his own personal safety, Pvt. Dunn twice removed
wounded under fire and carefully brought them down the hill
to the aid station. When telephone communication failed, Pvt.
Dunn drove up the hill under particularly heavy fire to reestablish
contact with Captain Bell and coordination with higher headquarters.
During a lull in delivering messages, he crawled over to a
machine gun position and relieved the EM there by firing one
thousand rounds. Then he crawled 50 yards to the next machine
gum emplacement to fire another one thousand rounds. As he
was crawling to the third machine gun position, the concussion
of a nearby falling artillery shell knocked him down. Returning
to his messenger duties, Pvt. Dunn continued to expose himself
in the execution of his work. When the order was given relieving
the company, Pvt. Dunn again was an inspiration to all helping
evacuate the weapons and EM from the hill. Throughout this
action, Pvt. Dunn displayed exceptional coolness, courage,
and attention to duty according to the highest traditions
of the military service.
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