Waterloo Daily Courier - "While the citation was being read both parents wept openly. A veteran of four years army service which he began immediately after his high school graduation, Corporal Caldwell served 14 months with the occupation forces in Korea in 1947 and 1948 and was transferred to a unit in Chicago in 1948. In August, 1949, he was sent to Okinawa and went back to Korea in 1950. He was born February 4, 1929, and graduated from the Independence High School in 1948. Full military honors were accorded burial services at Independence, Iowa, when the body was returned recently. Mrs. [Floyd]Caldwell's only comment at the presentation was, "What is going on in Korea? It all seems so silly." Surviving besides the parents are a brother, William, Waterloo; a sister, Viola Caldwell, Independence, and another sister, Mrs. Leland Hammond, Route 3, Waterloo, and three nieces."
SILVER STAR CITATION: The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star (posthumously) to Corporal Donald Caldwell, RA17207900, for gallantry in action against the enemy on October 9, 1950, near Kaesong, Korea. The company with which Corporal Caldwell was serving, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, was assigned a mission of forcing a crossing of the 38th parallel when a hail of automatic weapons and small arms fire pinned down the attacking unit. Corporal Caldwell quickly evaluated the situation, inched his way forward under blazing small arms fire to search for an advantageous firing position for his automatic riflemen. Their fire was critically needed at the time. Heedless of the heavy fire striking the ground around him, Corporal Caldwell located a desirable firing position and signaled his automatic riflemen. At the same time he was shot and killed instantly. As a result of his intrepid devotion to duty and supreme sacrifice, effective automatic fire was delivered from the position and forced the enemy to withdraw. His extreme gallantry denoted the highest credit to himself and the military service.
SILVER STAR CITATION: The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star (posthumously) to Corporal Donald Caldwell, RA17207900, for gallantry in action against the enemy on October 9, 1950, near Kaesong, Korea. The company with which Corporal Caldwell was serving, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, was assigned a mission of forcing a crossing of the 38th parallel when a hail of automatic weapons and small arms fire pinned down the attacking unit. Corporal Caldwell quickly evaluated the situation, inched his way forward under blazing small arms fire to search for an advantageous firing position for his automatic riflemen. Their fire was critically needed at the time. Heedless of the heavy fire striking the ground around him, Corporal Caldwell located a desirable firing position and signaled his automatic riflemen. At the same time he was shot and killed instantly. As a result of his intrepid devotion to duty and supreme sacrifice, effective automatic fire was delivered from the position and forced the enemy to withdraw. His extreme gallantry denoted the highest credit to himself and the military service.
Waterloo Daily Courier - "While the citation was being read both parents wept openly. A veteran of four years army service which he began immediately after his high school graduation, Corporal Caldwell served 14 months with the occupation forces in Korea in 1947 and 1948 and was transferred to a unit in Chicago in 1948. In August, 1949, he was sent to Okinawa and went back to Korea in 1950. He was born February 4, 1929, and graduated from the Independence High School in 1948. Full military honors were accorded burial services at Independence, Iowa, when the body was returned recently. Mrs. [Floyd]Caldwell's only comment at the presentation was, "What is going on in Korea? It all seems so silly." Surviving besides the parents are a brother, William, Waterloo; a sister, Viola Caldwell, Independence, and another sister, Mrs. Leland Hammond, Route 3, Waterloo, and three nieces."
SILVER STAR CITATION: The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star (posthumously) to Corporal Donald Caldwell, RA17207900, for gallantry in action against the enemy on October 9, 1950, near Kaesong, Korea. The company with which Corporal Caldwell was serving, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, was assigned a mission of forcing a crossing of the 38th parallel when a hail of automatic weapons and small arms fire pinned down the attacking unit. Corporal Caldwell quickly evaluated the situation, inched his way forward under blazing small arms fire to search for an advantageous firing position for his automatic riflemen. Their fire was critically needed at the time. Heedless of the heavy fire striking the ground around him, Corporal Caldwell located a desirable firing position and signaled his automatic riflemen. At the same time he was shot and killed instantly. As a result of his intrepid devotion to duty and supreme sacrifice, effective automatic fire was delivered from the position and forced the enemy to withdraw. His extreme gallantry denoted the highest credit to himself and the military service.
SILVER STAR CITATION: The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star (posthumously) to Corporal Donald Caldwell, RA17207900, for gallantry in action against the enemy on October 9, 1950, near Kaesong, Korea. The company with which Corporal Caldwell was serving, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, was assigned a mission of forcing a crossing of the 38th parallel when a hail of automatic weapons and small arms fire pinned down the attacking unit. Corporal Caldwell quickly evaluated the situation, inched his way forward under blazing small arms fire to search for an advantageous firing position for his automatic riflemen. Their fire was critically needed at the time. Heedless of the heavy fire striking the ground around him, Corporal Caldwell located a desirable firing position and signaled his automatic riflemen. At the same time he was shot and killed instantly. As a result of his intrepid devotion to duty and supreme sacrifice, effective automatic fire was delivered from the position and forced the enemy to withdraw. His extreme gallantry denoted the highest credit to himself and the military service.
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