Distinguished Service Cross (DSC), 351st Infantry Regiment HEADQUARTERS FIFTH ARMY 12 May 1944 GENERAL ORDERS NUMBER 52 CHARLES W. PIERCE, (01540717), Second Lieutenant, Infantry, United States Army. For extraordinary heroism in action, on 2 October 1944, near Castel del Rio, Italy. When his patrol was halted by machine gun fire from an enemy strong point, Second Lieutenant PIERCE (then Technical Sergeant) boldly crawled through deadly fire and, firing a rifle grenade, killed

Distinguished Service Cross (DSC), 351st Infantry Regiment HEADQUARTERS MEDITERRANEAN THEATER OF OPERATIONS UNITED STATES ARMY 28 September 1945 GENERAL ORDERS NUMBER 256 CHARLES D. EDMONSON, 01297012, Captain, Infantry, 351st Infantry Regiment, for extraordinary heroism in action against the enemy on 23 April 1945 in the vicinity of Ostiglia, Italy. When the 351st Infantry Regiment was ordered to force a crossing of the Po River at Ostiglia, Italy, Captain Edmonson, Regiment

Distinguished Service Cross (DSC), 351st Infantry Regiment Fifth Army General Orders, Number 153 23 September 1944 PAUL N. EDDY, (13028393), First Sergeant, Infantry, United States Army. For extraordinary heroism in action, on 3 June 1944, near Monte Proziocatini, Italy. While advancing towards its objective, the company in which First Sergeant (then Staff Sergeant) EDDY was a squad leader was pinned down by intense enemy small arms and mortar fire from well entrenched and we

Distinguished Service Cross (DSC), 351st Infantry Regiment Fifth Army General Orders, Number 39 9 April 1945 RALPH DECKER, JR., (01032272), First Lieutenant, Infantry, United States Army. For extraordinary heroism in action, on the night of 27-28 January 1945, in the vicinity of Livergnano, Italy. While First Lieutenant DECKER was leading a patrol in an attack against an enemy held house, two enemy machine guns opened fire on the patrol and halted its advance. Realizing that