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Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    Foreign

    Rank:

    Captain

    Division:

    Attached to the 1st Infantry Division

    Action Date:

    December 1942 – February 1943

    Headquarters, 1st Infantry Division, General Orders No. 6 (February 15, 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 Captain Boet, French Army, for gallantry in action while attached to and serving with the 1st Infantry Division, in action against the enemy in North Africa in 1942/1943. With total disregard of his personal safety, Captain Boet repeatedly exposed himself to enemy fire while on numerous patrols and obtained valuable information concerning enemy positions.