By chrislanglois2@juno.com (Chrisdfw) on Monday, July 23, 2001 - 02:31 pm:| By chrislanglois2@juno.com (Chrisdfw) on Monday, July 23, 2001 - 02:31 pm: |
The medics were the most popular, respected, and appreciated men in the company. Their weapons were first-aid kits; their place on the line was wherever a man called out that he was wounded. Lieutenant Foley had special praise for Pvt. Eugene Roe. "He was there when he was needed, and how he got 'there' you often wondered. He never received recognition for his bravery, his heroic servicing of the wounded. I recommended him for a Silver Star after a devastating firefight when his exploits were typicaly outstanding. Maybe I didn't use the proper words and phrases, perhaps Lieutenant Dike didn't approve, or somewhere along the line it was cast aside. I don't know. I never knew except that if any man who struggled in the snow and the cold, in the many attacks through the open and through the woods, ever deserved such a medal, it was our medic, Gene Roe."
| By David H Lippman (Kiwiwriter) (151.198.202.246) on Wednesday, March 12, 2003 - 02:36 pm: |
He should have got that Silver Star. He deserved it 100 times over.
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