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Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Sergeant

    Division:

    95th Infantry Division

    Action Date:

    March 4, 1945

    Headquarters, 95th Infantry Division, General Orders No. 82 (1945)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Sergeant James E. O’Shaughnessy (ASN: 37601313), United States Army, for gallantry in action against the enemy while serving with the 95th Infantry Division, on 4 March 1945, in the vicinity of Uerdingen, Germany. Advancing through a Uerdingen street with his radio strapped on his back, Sergeant O’Shaughnessy, Company B Communications Sergeant, was fired on by a twelve-man hostile squad. Fearlessly returning the enemy’s fire, Sergeant O’Shaughnessy’s first volley wounded the lead man of the squad. The remaining eleven Germans, intimidated by Sergeant O’Shaughnessy’s forthright, courageous action, surrendered without resistance and led him to their one hundred and five millimeter gun position, on which Sergeant O’Shaughnessy immediately placed a guard to prevent its recapture. His bold, alert actions on this occasion reflect great credit on Sergeant O’Shaughnessy and exemplify the high traditions of the military service.