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Awards Received

  • Bronze Star Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant (Infantry)

    Regiment:

    358th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    90th Infantry Division

    Action Date:

    March 16, 1945

    Headquarters, 90th Infantry Division, General Orders No. 625 (August 18, 1945)

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting a Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Second Award of the Bronze Star Medal to First Lieutenant (Infantry) Stanley C. Anderson (ASN: 0-1322757), United States Army, for heroic achievement on 16 March 1945 in the vicinity of Koblenz, Germany. A battalion was ordered to relieve elements of another regiment, and First Lieutenant Anderson volunteered to make the preliminary reconnaissance. Moving under rain and darkness through artillery and machine gun fire, he contacted friendly troops, helped place relieving companies in position and coordinated plans with flanking units. His heroic and expert actions, which enabled the battalion to make a successful, unified attack at dawn, were in accordance with military tradition.

  • Bronze Star Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Captain (Infantry), [then First Lieutenant

    Regiment:

    358th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    90th Infantry Division

    Action Date:

    July 1, 1944

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting a Second Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster in lieu of a Third Award of the Bronze Star Medal to Captain (Infantry), [then First Lieutenant Stanley C. Anderson (ASN: 0-1322757), United States Army, for exemplary conduct in ground combat operations against the armed enemy on or about 1 July 1944, in the European Theater of Operations.

  • Bronze Star Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    First Lieutenant (Infantry)

    Batallion:

    2d Battalion

    Regiment:

    358th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    90th Infantry Division

    Action Date:

    July 7 – August 14, 1944

    Headquarters, 90th Infantry Division, General Orders No. 65 (September 16, 1944

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Bronze Star Medal to First Lieutenant (Infantry) Stanley C. Anderson (ASN: 0-1322757), United States Army, for meritorious service while serving with Headquarters, 2d Battalion, 358th Infantry Regiment, 90th Infantry Division. From 7 July to 14 August 1944 in France, as Battalion S-2 in maintaining observation securing vital information by diligence, perseverance, and devotion to duty in extremely heavy fighting and in particular on 7 July 1944 in the Foret De Monte Castre in maintaining a particularly important observation post although under constant small arms fire.