General Orders 1946 - Fort Benning

GENEEAL OWERS WAR DEPART~~EWT
NO. 122 WM~ISGTOK 25, D. 0.. 17 October 1816
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I.:GENBRAL COURTS MARTIAL.-I. By direction of the President, the
authority empowering the commooding ofieers, Trlnidnd Base Command anU
Trinidad Sector and Base Command, to aDpoint general courts martinl, granted
in section 111, TVD General Orders 3, IW, and section IT, WD General Orders 28,
1042, respectively. Is, except as provided below, rescinded effective 1 Novenz7~er
1,940.
2. The commanding officer, Trinidad Base Command, formerly Trinidad Sector
and Rase Command, will retain and continue to exercise general courts-martial
jurisdiction in all cases referred by him Cur trial, prior to 1 November 1916, until
the final dispouitlon thereof.
IAG 260.4 (30 Sen 46) I
II..BATTLB HONORS.-As authorized by Exemtire Order 9396 (see. I, WD
Bul. 22, 19451, superseding Exeentim Order W7G (src. 111. WD Bul. 11, 19-12),
citation of the following unit in the general orders indicated is confirmed under
khc nrovjsions of section IV, WD Cirmlar 333, 1943, in the name of the President
of the United States as public evidence of deserved honor inld distinction. The
citation reads as follows:
The Sd Uultalion, 184th Infuatry Il.r.oinreat, is cited for outstanding performance
Of duty in action ncar Aitnpe, British Sew Gulnca, during the periml 12 July to
7 August 1914. On 12 July 1044, the Sd Battolirm, after a forced mnrrli of 12
miles, routed an enemy-held position east of the I[-Rny River to secure n line of
de~nrlure and to launeh a counteraltaek to restore the line of tire Drininmor
River, which had been penetrated by a determined fanatical enemy force the
pre7-ious day. The Sd Battalion, with an exposed right fiunlr, led the attack and.
by strong, aggressive action, reached its objective late in tile afternoon of 13 July
1 This battalion was subjected to intense autornntie and small-arms fire
from three exnoscd flanks throughout the night, as other elements of the combat
team had been delaywl by a strong cnemy force and could not dose in an the
objective. On 14 July 1944, the Sd Battalion, in an advance to close the left flank
of the unit an their right, met sudden, intensificd enemy resistance from all dirretions.
The Sd Battalion, fighting with sheer determination under the most adverse
circumstances, finally overwwered the enemy, killing 169 and srvnred and
strongly secured the enemy's main supply route. This fcat was ;wxmplished so
swiftly that an enemy supply train continued to advance down the trail dircet
into the strongest sector of the Jd Battalion's perimeter, resulting in 131 enemy
dead littering the trail and river bed. Shortly before dn3-break on 16 Julx, tile
3d Battalion was attacked by a well-organized enemy force from the rear, followed
by a similar attack supported by mortnr fire an the right Rank by an enemy
force Occupying positions previously nrepared bs- friendly troops. The opposition
in that direction was quickly neutralized and one company of the battalion caunterattackerl
to the right and drove the enemy from their position where 416 enemy
were killed. Early on tllc morning of 21 Julj- 1914, the encmy launched a vicious
coordinated attack on the front and rear defense of the Sd Battalion. There followed
the most fanatical fighting up to this time, as the enemy nttaclcetl the melldefended
positions of the battalion time and time again, only to be repulsed by n
suPerior force. On 31 July 1.844, the entire regiment, reinforced by an infantry
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