General Orders 1946 - Fort Benning

Aehruarr the enemy succeeded in reaching Auermacher, thus cutting off the
Jd Battalion ond Companies A from D. The attacking enemy forces were stopped
by Cornpant A and eliminated by determined flre from the Jd BotloEion and
Company B, combined with that of Con~pany A, while attempting to penetrate
further south toward the bridge over the Sarre River. During this action, 120
Germans werc killed, an unkrlown number wounded, and 210 were tnken prisoner,
at n cost to these units of 15 killed and 45 wounded. The outstanding courage,
skill, and devotion to duty displayed by the officers and men of the Sd Battalion
and Companies A and B, S5Sd Infantry Reghent, reflected the highest credit
on the United St~tes -4rmy. (General Order 10, Readquarters Serenth United
States Army, 7 January 1946, as approved by the Commanding General, Seventh
United States Army.)
3. The E6tb Pllotoyraphio Reconnaissance Squadron is cited for outstanding
perforrn~~ce of dutr in the Philippine Islands on 22 March 1945. .4t thnt time,
the Sixth Army, hammering at the fanatically resisting Yamashita line on
Lumo, and fighting furiously near the town of Baguio and in the approaches to
the Cagayan Valley, ~iraily needed photographs of enemy installations and escape
mutes. On 22 March 1945, when the Sixth Army ordered that 23 photographic
missions he made to cover all key Japanese positions on Lneon, the 36th Photographic
Reconnnissnnct Squadron, in order to carry out this tremendous task,
pressed all avniiuble nilots into service and dispatched 21 sorties, 18 of which
were successfful, despite dificult weather conditions. Forced at times ta