Leslie G. Caldwell Jr.’s Silver Star citation

HEADQUARTERS USAFISPA
APO #502

6 March 1943.

GENERAL ORDERS )

NO. . . . . . . . . . 63 )

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II. AWARD OF THE SILVER STAR:

By direction of the President, under the provisions of Army Regulations 600-45, August 8, 1932, A Silver Star is awarded by the Commanding General, United States Army Forces in the South Pacific Area, to each of the following named officers and men:

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LESLIE G. CALDWELL, JR. (296186), Sergeant, United States Marine Corps Reserve, for gallantry in action on January 15, 1943, at Guadalcanal. The advance of a platoon of Marines was halted by fire from an enemy machine gun. Sergeant Caldwell and one other volunteered to advance through machine gun and sniper fire to a point near the enemy machine gun position. Improvised dynamite bombs were then used to blast it out of action. As a result two enemy gunners were killed and the machine gun was destroyed.

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By Command of Major General THOMPSON:

A. J. BARNETT,
Brig. General, G.S.C.,
Chief of Staff