There are only two Medals awarded for actions on this day. One each for WWII and Korea, both posthumous.WWII. Lieutenant Turney survived the fight for which he was cited, but not the overall battle. There is an interesting afterstory to Lieutenant Leonard's story.*LEONARD, TURNEY W. Rank and organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, Company C, 893d Tank Destroyer Battalion. Place and date: Kommerscheidt, Germany, 4-6 November 1944. Entered service at: Dallas, Tex. Birth: Dallas, Tex. G.O. No.: 74, 1 September 1945. Citation: He displayed extraordinary heroism while commanding a platoon of mobile weapons at Kommerscheidt, Germany, on 4, 5, and 6...
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