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Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Staff Sergeant

    Division:

    32d Infantry Division

    Action Date:

    March 10, 1945

    Headquarters, 32d Infantry Division, General Orders No. 147 (June 2, 1945)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pride in presenting the Silver Star (Posthumously) to Staff Sergeant Isaac F. Bear (ASN: 34437883), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with the 32d Infantry Division, in action near the Villa Verde Trail, Luzon, Philippine Islands, on 10 March 1945. Sergeant Bear and two other enlisted men were occupying the forward area of a perimeter when a large force of the enemy launched an attack under cover of darkness. The determined fury of the assault made it necessary for the three men to withdraw a short distance to a more defensible area. During a lull in the action Sergeant Bear furnished covering fire. En route to the new position the two men met and killed two Japanese; subsequently they defended themselves against further attacks and accounted for many more enemy dead. Sergeant Bear played a major part in the defeat of an enemy attempt to overrun the perimeter.