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HEADQUARTERS 82D AIRBORNE DIVISION
OFFICE OF THE DIVISION COMMANDER
APO 469, U.S. ARMY
3 April 1945
(Image courtesy of Kibler Collection)
SUBJECT: Award of the Silver Star Medal.
TO : Private First Class Gordon
H. Cullings 13158137
508th Parachute Infantry, U. S. Army.
Under the provisions of 600-45, as amended, and pursuant to authority
contained in letter 200.6 (AG) Headquarters XVIII Corps Airborne, dated 31
August 1944, the Silver Star Medal is awarded to the following named individual:
CITATION:
Gordon H. Cullings, 13158137, Private First Class, 508th
Parachute Infantry. For gallantry in action on 7 January 1945, near THEIR
DU MONT, Belgium. Private First Class CULLINGS, Aid Man, under intense
enemy mortar, artillery and small arms fire and with disregard for his own
personal safety, crawled over an embankment to the aid of an officer and two
enlisted men who were seriously wounded by enemy sniper fire. Under direct
enemy observation, he administered first-aid to the casualties. During this
action, Private First Class CULLINGS was seriously wounded, but refused to
be evacuated or receive medical treatment for himself until he had completed
medical aid to the three casualties. His actions reflect credit upon
himself and the Medical Branch of the Airborne Forces of the United States
Army.
s/
James M. Gavin
JAMES M. GAVIN
Major General, U.S. Army
Commanding
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