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Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Technician Fifth Grade

    Regiment:

    117th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    30th Infantry Division

    Action Date:

    October 7 – 8, 1944

    Headquarters, 30th Infantry Division, General Orders No. 97 (November 9, 1944)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Technician Fifth Grade Morris L. Black (ASN: 35805233), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with the Medical Detachment, 117th Infantry Regiment, 30th Infantry Division, in action against the enemy during the period from 7 October 1944 to 8 October 1944, in Germany. Technician Fifth Grade Black was attached as a Medical Aid Man with an Infantry Regiment engaged in an attack upon heavily fortified enemy positions. During an artillery concentration laid down by the enemy, Technician Fifth Grade Black was wounded twice and was suffering from shock. He returned unaided to the aid station, had his wounds treated, and immediately returned to duty. On the following day, the infantry company to which he was attached was given the mission of attacking toward an enemy-held village. When forward elements of his assault group suffered casualties and increased enemy pressure made it possible for litter bearers to get to the wounded, Technician Fifth Grade Black established an aid station on his own initiative and treated the wounded. Borrowing blood plasma from a nearby unit, he proceeded to give transfusions to the more seriously wounded, and treated all the casualties in the vicinity until nightfall when it was possible for the wounded to be evacuated to the rear. The outstanding determination and heroic devotion to duty manifested by Technician Fifth Grade Black reflect great credit upon himself and upheld the highest traditions of the United States Armed Forces.