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Awards Received

  • Bronze Star Medal

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Second Lieutenant

    Division:

    FIFTH U.S. Army

    Action Date:

    February 10, 1944

    Headquarters, Fifth U.S. Army, General Orders No. 91 (May 29, 1944)

    The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Bronze Star Medal to Second Lieutenant Anna M. Smith (ASN: N-728773), United States Army Nurse Corps, for heroic achievement in action, on 10 February 1944, near Anzio, Italy. While Second Lieutenant Smith was on duty in the shock tent of a hospital, an enemy artillery concentration fell on the area. A shell landed in an adjacent tent approximately five yards from her, but no damage to personnel was inflicted as the shell exploded in the earth. She assisted in placing the patients on the ground to lessen the danger from shell fragmentation. A few minutes later a second shell exploded about ten yards from the tent. Second Lieutenant Smith was thrown to the ground by the concussion and the tent was riddled with fragments. Throughout the shelling she refused to take cover and remained with her patients to control and comfort them. Her heroism reflects the finest traditions of the Army Nurse Corps.