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 SOUTH WHERE THEY KNEW

              FRIENDLY FORCES WERE. BOTH E;CiL.DIERS THOLIGHI' I'HE@L HAD BEEN HIT BY

              ENEMY FIRE.    THEIR C:i-ICiL riEi-'ISII--[N-MAKING UNDER FIRE RESULTED IN A

              FRIENDLY BRADLEY RECOVERING THEM AFTER THEY HAD LOW--CRAWLED 200

              METERS.     SPECIALIST MITCHELL ALSO ASSUMED HIS VEHICLE HAD BEEN

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

              DRIVER OF THE BRADLEY 'THAT WAS STRUCK IN THE SAME ATTAC:@@' CAME l'i-I

              l@1ITCHEL..L. FOR ASSISTANCE.    WITH THEIR WEAPONS GONE, SPECIALIST

              MITCHELL AND THE BRADLEY DRIVER MOVED EAST TO A FIGHTING POSITION

              30C) METERS AWAY. THE BRADLEY DRIVER WAS WOUNDED AND BLEEDING,

              AND SPECIALIST MITCHELL RENDERED FIRST AID UNTIL BOTH SOLDIERS

              WERE EVACUATED FORTY MINUTES LATER.             DUE TO THE ACTIONS OF

              F'RTVATE FIRST CLASS GUEST OTHER SOLTiIERc; WERE EVACUATED FOR

              MEDICAL TREATMENT IN A TIMELY FASHION. F'RIVATE FIRST CLAS,:;

              GLIEST@S WOUNDS WERE RECEIVED WHILE IN CONTACT WITH ENEMY GROUND              ,

              FORCES. THE PRESENCE OF ENEMY TANKS LED DIRECTLY TO THE INJURIES

              SUSTAINED BY PRIVATE FIRST CLASS GUEST.              PRIVATE FIRST CLASS


              OIJE!E@'T,'S ACTIONS WHILE WOUNDED REFLEf';I' GREAT CREDIT UPON HIMSELF,

              THE 1,@;T INFANTRY DIVISION, AND THE UNITED STATES ARMY.

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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