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General Orders 1946 - Fort Benning

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Une attninnl. As the keystone in tlic arch of the Rrtnngen bridgehead, this<br />

gallant farce had ndmncerl 12,000 ~nrds in 12 days against great odds. It had<br />

~itted iLu strength. its fortitucle. and its biiterlg earned eowb:it ergrriarlce<br />

against a des~lerate, aggressire, and, at times, a numerically superior eiiernp, and,<br />

by coo1 courase, dri~ing force, and urter disrezard for personal safctg, bad sust&ed<br />

and emnndcd the Remagen bridgehead on the east side of the Rlline<br />

River. The deterU1in:lrion and indomitable spirit of the cuuiageaus officers and<br />

men of the 47th llzfantry Regirmnf, mith attiic!lcd units, cxcrnplify the Ancst<br />

traditions of the rnilitar~ ser\lice.<br />

IX..LEGION OF MERIT.-So much of section 111. WD Gel~ernl Orrlers 48,<br />

<strong>1946</strong>, as gertains to Colonel JoRn E. Banister, Quartermaster Corps, as rends<br />

"Colonel John E. Banister" is arn~nrled to read "Colond Jolnr R. Badstcr!'<br />

DWIGHT D. EISFNUOWER<br />

Chief o/ Stofi

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