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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Cowan_(soldier)
Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Army, Company M, 23d
Infantry, 2d Infantry Division. Place and date: Near Krinkelter Wald,
Belgium, 17 December 1944. Entered service at: Wichita, Kans. Birth: Lincoln
, Nebr. G.O. No.: 48, 23 June 1945.
Citation:
He was a heavy machinegunner in a section attached to Company I in the
vicinity of Krinkelter Wald, Belgium, 17 December 1944, when that company
was attacked by a numerically superior force of German infantry and tanks.
The first 6 waves of hostile infantrymen were repulsed with heavy casualties
, but a seventh drive with tanks killed or wounded all but 3 of his section,
leaving Pvt. Cowan to man his gun, supported by only 15 to 20 riflemen of
Company I. He maintained his position, holding off the Germans until the
rest of the shattered force had set up a new line along a firebreak. Then,
unaided, he moved his machinegun and ammunition to the second position. At
the approach of a Royal Tiger tank, he held his fire until about 80 enemy
infantrymen supporting the tank appeared at a distance of about 150 yards.
His first burst killed or wounded about half of these infantrymen. His
position was rocked by an 88mm. shell when the tank opened fire, but he
continued to man his gun, pouring deadly fire into the Germans when they
again advanced. He was barely missed by another shell. Fire from three
machineguns and innumerable small arms struck all about him; an enemy rocket
shook him badly, but did not drive him from his gun. Infiltration by the
enemy had by this time made the position untenable, and the order was given
to withdraw. Pvt. Cowan was the last man to leave, voluntarily covering the
withdrawal of his remaining comrades. His heroic actions were entirely
responsible for allowing the remaining men to retire successfully from the
scene of their last-ditch stand.[2] |
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