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Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private First Class

    Batallion:

    2d Battalion

    Regiment:

    18th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    1st Infantry Division

    Action Date:

    World War II

    Headquarters, 1st Infantry Division, General Orders No. 10 (March 22, 1943)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Private First Class Homer H. Smith (ASN: 12023326), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Headquarters and Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion, 18th Infantry Regiment, 1st Infantry Division, in action against the enemy in North Africa, in 1943. When communication lines between two infantry battalions were destroyed by heavy enemy artillery fire, Private Smith, with a small group of men, voluntarily crept forward under heavy enemy machine gun and artillery fire and repaired these lines, thus permitting maintenance of vital communications and successful accomplishment of the battalion’s mission. His gallant actions and dedicated devotion to duty, without regard for his own life, were in keeping with the highest traditions of military service and reflect great credit upon himself and the United States Army.