General Orders 1946 - Fort Benning

lantry, tenacity, and undying spirit to close with and destroy the enenly displayed
by all officers and men of tire 3d Batlnfion, 90th Infunfry Regiment, during this
engagement, are in the highest traditions of the American soldier and rcflect
great honor on the Army of the United States. (Geuernl Orders 235, Head-
qunrters 6th Infantry Division, 23 Korember 1945, as approved by the Com-
mander in Chief, United States Army Forces, Pacific.)
VII..MEDAL OF FREEDOM.-By direction of the President, under the provisions
of Eneculire Order 9586, 6 July 1M.i (scc. 11, VD Rul. 12, 1945). the
Illcdnl of Freedom for meritorious service rrhich has airled the Uuitcd States in
the prosecution of a war ngniust an enemy during the l~eriuds inilicdted was
awarded by the Tar Department to the following~uamed indiriduals:
Doetor Saniurl A. (tnudsmit, while acting as scientific chief of a special mission
in Europe from May 1944 to December 1045, rendered meritorious scrrices
to the United Statps and Great Britain. Doctor Goudsnrit's efforts and skilful
colicction of needed information personally leading or directing scientific teams
to thcir targets, frequently under enemy fire, were important factors in the out-
6Tanding GUCC~SS of this mission. His :ability, courase, intelligent planning, and
devotion to duly contributed much to the furtherance of the war cffort.
Dmid Arouer, cirilian ogerntional analyst, affiliated with Headquarters Army
Air Forces, India-Rurmn Theater, prrfnrrniml rnrritorions services from July
104 to May 1945. During Lhe dificult period when tllc Bilics were assuming
the olfensive in the Burma carniiaign, Xr. &laver worked long hours and gave
freely of his Buoalrdge in connection vith o~leiational analysis. Problems of
opcrntions aud matcrial wcre nnnljzed and solntions rrachcd. The nssistanee
Mr. Moyer gnre to units of this command rcflects great credit on hiruself and
Lhe Army of the United States.
Doctor RoBert L. Stcernz, as chicf, Operaiions Analysis Seclion, Thirteenth
Air Force. Souti1 Pacific Theater, pcrformcd mcritorious scrrices froin October
1943 to April 1014. IIe supervised the anall-sis of "blind" bombing and other
radar developments, dcucloped new stundalyls for bomb types and fuzings, and
performed eorltinuoos arcurnry surreys. This work increased mntel.ially the effectiveness
of the air forces in the Pacific and reflects great credit on Doctor
Btearna.
Mw. Tamnrath K. Yoller. American civilian. ns an Armv Medical Denartlnent
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ParasitoIogiJt, performed meritorioiis services from 14 June to 1 August 1M3.
ear in^ - full knowledze that faciiities and climntie conditions in French Guiane
were detrimental to health, she volunteered for and conducted a m:llnrinl survey
in that area, with the rcsult Lha. she :~cquired the disease. On the basis of Mrs.
Yolfe8' thorau,rrh and t,Seient observations, procedures for the control of malaria
in that area were made more effective.
VIII..UNITED STATES OF AMERICA TYPHUS COMMISSION MEDAL.-
Ry (lirectiou of the President, under the provisions of Executive Order !4235,
24 December 1W2 (sec. 11, WD Bnl. 3, 1913) and AR 000-4.i, the United States
of America Tyilhus Commission Medal for exerplionally meritorious services in
Conneetion with the work of the Commissiol~ during tile period i~ldicated was
awarded by the Var DPpartment to the folluwing-named officer.
Major William T. Hawley, 088506.3, IlIcdical Carps, Army of thc United States,
rendered exceptionally meritorious scrvices in the control of epidemic typhus
fever in the .4mcrican occuk)ied regions of the lihinelnnd and western G'ennauy
from 1 February to 1 April 1915. As an organizer and dirsctor of cnse-finding
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