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Awards Received

  • Soldier’s Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private First Class

    Regiment:

    15th Infantry

    Action Date:

    July 29, 1937

    Decorations U.S. Army 1862 – 1926, Supplement 2 (1939)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress, July 2, 1926, takes pleasure in presenting the Soldier’s Medal to Private First Class Glenn D. Cohee (ASN: 6216981), United States Army, for heroism at the risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy as a member of Service Company, 15th Infantry, in heroism displayed at East Station, Tientsin, China, 29 July 1937. In conjunction with the movement of the 3rd Battalion, 15th Infantry, from Camp Burrowes, Chinwangtao, China, to American Barracks, Tientsin, China a freight car carrying machine guns, ammunition, and other valuable United States Government property arrived in the railroad freight yard at East Station, Tientsin, China, at the time Chinese and Japanese troops were engaged in battle for possession of that station. A guard of enlisted men which was posted in the freight car was isolated and cut off from all outside communication. Private Cohee was an assistant driver of one of the trucks of a detachment which removed the guard and property from the freight car to the American compound. During this operation, Private Cohee and the detachment of which he was a member were subjected to sporadic rifle, machinegun, and infantry mortar fire and were exposed to bombs from airplanes engaged in the bombing of nearby buildings. By his heroic conduct in face of danger, Private Cohee aided materially in preventing the possible loss of human life and the destruction of Government property.