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Awards Received

  • Soldier’s Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Captain (Infantry)

    Action Date:

    November 24, 1933

    War Department, General Orders No. 8 (1934)

    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 Captain (Infantry) James M. Kendrick, United States Army (Reserve), for heroism, not involving actual conflict with an enemy, displayed on 24 November 1933 near Stephenville, TX, when a truck containing a football team composed of enrollees of the Civilian Conservation Corps in charge of Captain Kendrick, was driven off the road and overturned, resulting in the death of two enrollees and serious injuries to several others, including himself. Freed from the wreckage, Captain Kendrick ignored his own injuries which later resulted in the loss of his right arm, and refused any personal treatment until all the enrollees had been cared for.