CASUALTY REPORT AWARD OF THE PURPLE HEART

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Subject: CASUALTY REPORT     AWARD OF THE PURPLE HEART                   

Unit: 1ST ID      

Parent Organization: VII  CORPS  

Box  ID: BX001004

Folder Title: AWARD    GUEST ROBERT L III-1                                                                   

Document Number:          1

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             SITUATION, THEY BEGAN TO LCIW-CRAWL TO     THE@'SIDUTH WHERE THEY KNEW

             FRIENDLY FORCES WERE. BOTH SOLDIERS THOUGHT       THEY HAD BEEN HIT BY
             ENEMY FIRE. THEIR C:CiCiL [IECISION-MAKING UNDER FIRE RE@-=,IJLTED IN A

             FRIENDLY BRADLEY RECOVERING THEM AFTER THEY HAD LCiW--C:RAWLED 2C)C)

             METERS.    SPECIALIST MITCHELL ALSO ASSUMED HIS VEHICLE HAD BEEN

             STRUCK BY AN ENEMY ATTACK.        AS HE STRUGGLED TO HIS FEET, THE

             DRIVER OF 'THE BRADLEY THAT WAS STRUCK IN THE SAME ATTACK CAME TO

             MITCHELL FOR ASSISTANCE.       WITH THEIR WEAPONS GONE, SPECIALIST

             MITCHELL AND THE T@,RAI:ILEY DRIVER MOVED EAST TO A FIGHTING POSITION

             3C)C) METERS AWAY. THE BRADLEY DRIVER WAS,,,WCiUNDED AND BLEEDING,
             AND SPECIALIST MITCHELL RENDERED FIRST AID        UNTIL BOTH ,=:OLDIERE;

             WERE EVACUATED FORTY MINUTES LATER.          DUE TO THE ACTIONS 0       F

             PRIVATE FIRST CLASS GUEST OTHER SOLDIERS WERE EVAC:IJATEET FOR

             MEDICAL TREATMENT IN A TIMELY FAE;HION.@,.@:PRIVATE FIRST CLASS

             GliEST-'S WOLIKIII!@.' WERE RECEIVED WHILE IN CONTACT WITH ENEMY GROUNEI,,.

             FORCES. THE PRESENCE OF ENEMY TANKS LEE, DIRECTLY TO THE INJURIES@

             SUSTAINED BY PRIVATE FIRST CLASS GUEST            PRIVATE FIRST CLASS!

             OIJE,=;T@S ACTIONS WHILE WOUNDED REFLECT GREAT    CREDIT UPON   HIMSELF,

             THE I.,@;'r INFANTRY DIVISION, AND THE UNITED STATES ARMY.

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Control Fields 17
File Room = jul96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-26
Box ID = BX001004
Unit = 1ST ID
Parent Organization = VII CORPS
Folder Title = AWARD GUEST ROBERT L III-1
Folder Seq # = 102
Subject = CASUALTY REPORT AWARD OF THE PURPLE HEART
Document Seq # = 1
Document Date =
Scan Date =
Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 17-DEC-1996