General Orders 1946 - Fort Benning

GEPZEAL O R D ~ WAR DEPARTMENT
KO. 150 WAS~~A~TON 25, D. C., 16 December 1%6
Seerion
GnNERAL COURTS MARTIALAuthority to appoint granted ................. I
ARMY SCHOOL OF MALARIOLUGY-Diarontlmed .......................... I1
BRANCH UNITED BTATDS DISCIPLINARY BARRBCKS-Camp Caoke, Calif
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BATT1,E HONORS-Citation of i t ........................................ 17
ARMY OR OCCUPATION MEDALCorreetion in WD General Ordors 133, IN--- V
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I..GENERAL COURTS MARTIAL.-By direction of the Presidmt, the commanding
officer, Bolliug Field Command, is empowered, pursuant to the eighth
~Tticle of mar, to appoint general courts martial.
IAG 250.401 (13 Dee 4611
II..ARMY SCHOOL OF MALARIOL0GY.-Effecliue on or about 1 JanuarU
1947, the Army School of Rlalariology, Panama Canal Zone, is discontinued.
LAG 352 (28 Nor 481 1
as a clasz: I actirity at Camp Cooke, Califormn.
LAG 252 (9 DeC 481
IV. BATTLE HONORS.-As authorized bv Executite Order 93116 (see. I. WD
of the United Slates as public evidence of deserved honor and distinction. The
citation reads ns follows:
The Antitank Company, BSd Infantrjl Regiment, is cited for outstnuding performance
of duty in nctiou against the enemy during the period 15 to 18 January
1945. Attacking heavily defended enemy positions in the Ondenmal-lveldingen
Pass, Belgium, the 23d Infantry Regiment launched a savage 4-day assault against
heavy enemy artillery and mine fields during blizzards and bitter cold weather.
Antitank Cornpanu men fought as riflemen in bitter hand-to-hand struggles before
resistnnee by defending paratroopers could be smashed. Other Antitank Compang
personnel removed mirles under fire and knacked out mnchine-a~n nests aud
tanks with bazooka fire. The outstanding hproism and determination demon.
strated by nll men of the Antitank Company, 29d Inflmtw Regiment, reflect the
highest credit on their regiment and the armed forces. (General Orders BB,
25 September 1845,2d Infantry Di~ision, as approved by the Commanding General,
United States Forces. European Theater.)
V..ARMY OF OCCUPATION MEDAL.-So much of section 11, WD General
Orders 1S.3, 1946, as pertains to the 8069th Quartevmaster Seruloe Company as
reads "3089th" is amended to read L'4069th.''
[AG 200.8 (13 Dec 48)l
BY OILDE. OX' TEE SWUEPABY OF WAB:
On?cr*r. :
EDWARD B. WITSELL
dlalor Genrml
The Adjutant General
AGO 12578-Dee. 71611O0-48
DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
Chief of Stafl
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