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Awards Received

  • Silver Star

    Service:

    United States Army

    Rank:

    Lieutenant Colonel (Infantry)

    Batallion:

    1st Battalion

    Regiment:

    505th Parachute Infantry Regiment

    Division:

    82d Airborne Division

    Action Date:

    January 5, 1945

    Headquarters, 82d Airborne Division, General Orders No. 95 (June 23, 1945)

    The President of the United States of America, authorized by Act of Congress July 9, 1918, takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Lieutenant Colonel (Infantry) Talton W. Long (ASN: 0-1288410), United States Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Headquarters, 1st Battalion, 505th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82d Airborne Division, in action on 5 January 1945, near ****, Belgium. During the attack an enemy battalion threatened the 1st Battalion’s left flank. Lieutenant Colonel Long, then Battalion Commanding Officer, recruited approximately sixty-seven men from different parts of his organization and led them, together with two medium tanks, against the enemy. He acted with great dispatch and proficiency and although he was greatly outnumbered the enemy was completely annihilated; one hundred of them being killed and two hundred taken prisoner. Lieutenant Colonel Long’s conduct was in keeping with the very highest traditions of the United States Airborne Forces.