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Long, Talton W.

    Nationality:
    American

    Biography

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    Period:
    Second World War (1939-1945)
    Rank:
    Lieutenant Colonel
    Unit:
    Commanding Officer, 1st Battalion, 505th 'Parachute Infantry Regiment, 82nd Airborne Division "All American", U.S. Army
    Awarded on:
    June 23rd, 1945
    "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."

    Headquarters, 82d Airborne Division, General Orders No. 95
    Silver Star Medal (SSM)

    Royal Decree No.31, dated October 8th, 1945.

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