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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 Sergeant Terry L. McAnelly (ASN: US-53407279), United States Army, for heroism at the risk of life not involving conflict with an armed enemy on 22 March 1967, while serving as an Assistant Section Sergeant of the United States Army Support Group, Joint Security Area, Panmunjom, Korea. At the conclusion of the Military Armistice Commission meeting being held in Panmunjom, Korea, Mr. Su Kun Yi, Vice Chief of the official North Korean Central News Agency, entered the U.S. Army sedan Sergeant McAnelly was driving seeking transportation to South Korea. Without thought for his own safety, Sergeant McAnelly immediately drove from the Joint Security Area amid a fusillade of small arms fire from the North Korean guards and unhesitatingly crashed through a North Korean barrier en route to the United States Army Support Group Advance Camp. His quick reaction and expert driving were instrumental in the successful flight of Mr. Yi to South Korea. Sergeant McAnelly’s heroic conduct is not only in the highest tradition of the United States Army and reflects great credit upon himself and be Military Service but greatly enhance the image of his unit and the United Nations Command.

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