U.S. ARMY T-5 VICTOR A. OSBORN MEMORIAL BRIDGE
MEDIC T-5 VICTOR A. OSBORN, ASSIGNED TO THE 509TH PARACHUTE INFANTRY BATTALION, WAS KILLED IN COMBAT DURING OPERATION DRAGOON AND AWARDED HIS SECOND PURPLE HEART AND A SILVER STAR FOR HIS FINAL ACTIONS.
PART OF HIS SILVER STAR CITATION READS: "DURING THE AFTERNOON HE LOCATED THREE WOUNDED MEN WHO LAY AMONG THE ROCKS EXPOSED TO SNIPER AND SHELL FIRE. HE TREATED THESE WOUNDED MEN AND REMOVED THEM TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. THEN DESPITE REPEATED PLEAS FROM HIS COMRADES TO BE MORE CAREFUL, HE ATTEMPTED TO AID ANOTHER WOUNDED SOLDIER AND IN SO DOING WAS HIMSELF MORTALLY WOUNDED."
PART OF HIS SILVER STAR CITATION READS: "DURING THE AFTERNOON HE LOCATED THREE WOUNDED MEN WHO LAY AMONG THE ROCKS EXPOSED TO SNIPER AND SHELL FIRE. HE TREATED THESE WOUNDED MEN AND REMOVED THEM TO A PLACE OF SAFETY. THEN DESPITE REPEATED PLEAS FROM HIS COMRADES TO BE MORE CAREFUL, HE ATTEMPTED TO AID ANOTHER WOUNDED SOLDIER AND IN SO DOING WAS HIMSELF MORTALLY WOUNDED."
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Listing Details
- Public
- WORLD WAR II
- War Memorial Bridges
- 2012
- MEMORIAL BRIDGE
- 26267
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