General Orders 1946 - Fort Benning

Gmm~ Onoms
No. 30
GENERAL COURTS DIARTIA>Rerocntion or authority to nppo!nt...........-- I
YED4L OF EONOK -.4 mart1 ............................................... I1
DlfiTINGUISHEIj-SmRVlCm All3DT~~Aa~rd~ ............... 111
DIS'PINGUIS~E1~~SER\.71CT: MIQnAL (OAKLEAF C1,TTS'T~:II)-hrusrds ........ IV
LEOION OF ~1!3KI'l-Aw~r~Is ............................................... V, VI
BROXZE STAK NEUALAwarilr .......................................... VII
AIR nmun~ (OAIGL~:AR CL~ISTICK)-.&W~~~~* .............................. VIII
BATTLE HOKOKS-Citations of unitz ...................................... 11:
MEDAL OF FKErinODI-hw;rr4a . X
I__GENERAL COURTS .MARTIAL.-Ry direction of the Prrsidcnt, the an-
thority empowering the Commnnrling Oflimr, Purr of EmbarBalion, Bosron,
Massachusetts, to appoint general courts martial, granted in scction I, WD
General Orders 45, l(142, is rescinded.
[AG 250.4 (18Mar 40)l
IILMEDAL OF HONOR.-By direction of the President, under the provisinns
of the act of Congress approved 9 July 1918 (WD Bul. 43, 19l8), a Medal of
Honor for conspicuous gallantry nnd intrepidity at the risk of life above and
beyond the call of duty mas awarclfrd by tlre War Drparlmenl in Llle nnme of
Congress lo the following-named enlisted man:
Master Sergeant Charles L. Mc,Gnha (Amy serial No. 69259'43), (thcn technical
sergeant), as a platoon serrceant in Company G, 3Cth Infantry Regiment, Briny
of thc United States, displayed conspicuous gallantry and int~epidity near Lupao.
Luzon, Philippine Islandu, on 7 February ?!M. His platoon and one other from
Company G were pinned dawn in a roadsilk ditch by heavy lire from 5 Japnncse
tanks supported hy 10 machine guns aod a plaioon of riflemnr. When one (if
his men fell irounded 40 sards away, he unhesitatinxlv -. crossed the road under n
hail of bullets and moved the inan 73 ynrd to safety. Altl~oogh hc had suffered
a deer, arm wound, he returned to his amt. Finding the ~Satoon leader seriously
wonnded, he assumed commnnd and rxl!ird his men. Once more he bmred the
enemy flre to go to the aid of a liltffr party remouing another wounded soldier.
A shell exploded in their midst, wmnding hirn in the shoulder and killing iwa
of the party. Sergeant McRnlm pieked np Llie remaining man, carried him to
curer, and then moved out in front dellbcratcly to draw the enemy flrc while
the American forces, thna protected, nitl~dvew to ~afety. When thc Inst man
ha6 gaiued the new position, he rejoined hir command and time collapsed from
loss of blood and exhaustion. Scrgcnnt Afr,Gahn set rrn exnmple of courage and
leadership in Beeping mith the higllest traditions of lhr eervicc.
III..DISTINGUISHED-SERVICE WEnAT,.-By direction of the Pvesident,
under the prorisions of the act ui CmigrPss epgwred 9 July 1918 (WD B111. 41,
1918). the Distinguished-Service Xcdnl Inr exceptionally meritorious and distir~gllished
services in the perforninnce of dllties of grcat respmsibility during
the periods indicated was awarded hy thc War Department lo thc followingnamed
officers :
Major General Thomaa D. Finleu, OtllB, United Stnies Army. Ti Mnrch to
18 May 1915. (This award supersedes the nwxd of the Bralxe
star Medal to Major General Finlcy, for services from 25 to 2';
Mnrch 1% as pnblished in General Orders 42, Headquarters VIII
Coq, 1 April 1845.)
AGO 8365B-Apr. 888781'48