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(UNCONFIRMED – Citation Needed): Theodore S. Borowski, United States Army, is reported to have been awarded the Silver Star under the below-listed General Orders for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving with the 9th Infantry Division during World War II.

Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Private First Class

    Regiment:

    60th Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    9th Infantry Division

    Action Date:

    November 8, 1942

    Headquarters, 9th Infantry Division, General Orders No. 12 (April 4, 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 Private First Class Theodore S. Borowski (ASN: 36124565), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Service Company, 60th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division, in action against the enemy at *** ****, French Morocco, on 8 November 1942. Private First Class Borowski was a member of a detachment entrusted with the dangerous and extremely important mission of identifying landscape features and marking the beach for the proposed landing of the 1st Battalion, 60th Infantry Regiment. Private First Class Borowski and the detachment left the transport U.S.S. ****** in a Higgins Boat at 0130 and made its way south along the coast about a mile offshore. When opposite the proposed beach, all members transferred to two rubber boars and paddled noiselessly to within 200 yards of shore where they slit and sank their boats and swam through the remaining surf in groups of two, with their beach lighting equipment. Arriving at 0350, the small group, armed only with two hand grenades and a trench knife each, reconnoitered inland in territory known to have French coastal defense installations, and ascertain the location of their landing. Then, returning to the beach, they set up infra-red lights and blue flashlights, which constituted the beach marking equipment and provided the guides which enabled the battalion to land successfully at 0500. Private First Class Borowski’s courage and devotion to duty reflect great credit upon himself and is in keeping with the highest traditions of the military service. Private First Class Borowski subsequently was killed in action in the Battle for Sicily.