General Orders 1946 - Fort Benning

of the 3026 Medical Rattalion were continually under enemy are, frequently
within 100 yards of the f~.ont lines, and on one occasion they engaged in a flre
fight with the enemy to Drofeet wounded men in R temporary collecting paint
150 yards in the rear of front lines. Thc clearinn - station continued in full omrntion
in Ormoc throughout intermittent shelling by enemy artillery, during which
the Personnel of tlle clrarim - statton continued to unload incoming ambulances,
carrying the patients behind n stone wall where they mere tended until the
shclling ceased and they could be moved into wards. The extraordinary heroism,
bravery, and devotion to duty of all the personnel of the 302d Medical Buttalion,
77th Infantrg Division, wwe instmnxntal in saving the lives of many American
soldiers and retlrct the highest traditions of the Medical Dspavtment of tlle
Uuited Slnf.es. (General Orders 18, Headquarters 77th Infantry Division, 14
Janiiar~r 1M6, as approved by the Commander in Chief, United States Army
Rorccs, mcifie.)
X-.MEDAL OF FREEDOM-By direction of the President, under the prorisiuns
of Executive Order 9586, 6 Joly 1945 (see. 11, WD Bul. 12, 1!345), the Medal
of Freedom for meritorious service which has aided the Unitell States in tile
prosecution of a war nyaiusl an enemy during . the - neriods indicata was awarded
by thc War Departmcnt to the falloning~nnrned irdividunls:
Lems D. Carlson, while under contract to United States Army Air Borcw,
Eclmonton, Alberta, Canadal performed meritorious services in an
administrative capacity with the Alaskan Division from Xay 1942
to September 1945. Mr. Carlxo??,, through his superior performance
and devotion Lo duty, was instrumental in the develngment of flight
techniques and procedures adaptable to the sever0 climatic eonditions
expericllccd in the Arctic region.
fiuurd If. Lolicgvell, American civilian, March 1!344 to March 11145.
Wllitm!~ H. Sl~ezmrdsoy, American civilian. May 1942 to January 1943.
BY omm OF THE SECXET*~ OE WAB:
OFFIOIAL: DFIGFIT D. EISENHOWER
1:DTARD F WITSELL Chzef of Stat7
Major Ge?Lorel
T7ie Adjutant General
AGO 33858