General Orders 1946 - Fort Benning

GENERAL OBDPIIS
NO. 49
WAR DEPARTMENT
WlsnINQTON 24, D. C, 31 May 1946
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DISTINGUISHED SCRVICE MEDA>Awardu ............................... 111
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LNGIOA OF XERIT (OAK-LE1F CLUSTER)-Awards
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BRONZE STAR MEDALd7~ardr ............................ VI
ILMILITARY DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON.-Reference is made to pnmgraph
6, WD Circular 138, 1946, relative to the geogm~hical boundaries of the
Military District of Wxshingtan. Section I, WD General Orders 66, 1W2, is
amnded to reaa as follows:
1. There is herehy created, within the Second Army Area, a district to be
known as the Military District of Washington. This district will include the
District of Columbia, the counties of Arlington, Rairfas, Prince William, Ring
George, Stafford, and Westmoreland, and the City of Alexandria, in the State of
Virginia, and the counties of Montgomery, Prince Georges, Charles, Calvert, and
St. Mary's, in the State of hCar>.land.
2. Under the Commanding General, Second Army, the Commanding General,
Military District of Washington, is responsible for the defense of that district.
3. The Commanding General, Military District of Washington, wille.
Report to the Commanding Gcleral, Second Army, far training of civilian
com~onents in that area and far tactical operation.
b. Perform the a6ministratire and service functions listed in paragraphs 6
and 7. appendix 11, WD Circular 138, 1946, as amended by section IX, WD
Circular 150,1946.
c. Report to the Deputy Chief of Staff for all other matters.
11. .MEDAL OF HONOR.-By direction of tho President, under the provisions
of the act of Congress approved Q July 1918 (WD Rul. 43, 1818), a Medal of
IIonor for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at thc risk of liIe above and
beyond the Call of duty was awarded by the War Department in the name of
Cangeess to the following-named enlisted man:
Corporal 3felvin Mat!fMd (Army serial No. 35003011), Compnny D, 20th
Infantry Regimeut, Army of the United States, on 29 July 1945, displayed
con.spic~~aux gallantry and intrcpia'ity while fighting in the Cordillera Nountains,
LUZO~, Philippine Islands. When two Filipino companies Were pinned dawn
under a torrent of enemy fire which ctlnrerged an them from a circular ridge
commanding their position, Coworal Maufield, in a gallant single-handed effort
to aid them, rushed from shell hole to shell hole until he reached four enemy
cares atop the barren fire-swept hill. With grenades and his carbine, be assaulted
each of the cares while enemy me pounded about him. However, before he had
annihilated the last hostile redoubt, a machine-gun bullet destroyed his weapon
and slashed his left hand. Disregarding his wound, he secured more grenades
and dauntlessly charEed - aeain - into the face of ~oint-blank fire to hclo destroy
a hostile observation post. By his gallant determination and heroic leadership,
Corporal Naufield inspired the men to eliminate all remaining pockets of resistance
in the area and to press the aavnnce against the enemy.
AGO 3780B-June 696323'46