SILVER STAR

"Kit" Boyd, a veteran of World War II and the Korean War, was awarded the Silver Star for gallantry in action during the Korean War. I uncovered the information accidentally, and I asked, "Why didn't you ever tell me this?" and he answered, "It would have seemed like bragging and I was just doing my job when it happened." Please read the citation given with his Silver Star:

"Lieutenant Boyd was in charge of a truck platoon evacuating troops when the convoy came under heavy enemy fire from an enemy roadblock. Without regard for his own safety, Lieutenant Boyd reorganized the convoy of vehicles still operable, improvised stretchers for the wounded, loaded them on vehicles and led the convoy through the roadblock. Two hundred yards down the road the convoy again was subjected to heavy enemy fire, including accurate mortar fire. Lieutenant Boyd abandoned the wrecked vehicles and loaded the wounded onto an artillery prime mover and two half-tracks. By using the prime mover to push the stalled and burning vehicles off the road, he was able to go through the second road block. During the action, Boyd was wounded and fell from the prime mover, later making his way back to his unit station alone."

"......just doing my job." INDEED!
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