Evening star., 1945-02-18
Gen. Allen H. Turnaqe
Wins DSM as Leader
'0f Division on Guam

Marine Maj. Gen. Allen H. Turn
age OF Alexandria has been awarded
the Distinguished Service Medal,
the Marine Corps announced yes
terday.
The medal was presented yes
terday by 1t. Gen. A. A. Wander
grift, Marine Corps commandant.
Gen. Turnage was cited for skillful
execution of a perilous landing by
the Sd Marine Division against
Japanese forces on Guam, accord
ing to the Associated Press.
Gen. Turnage and his wife, Mrs.
Hannah Pyke Turnage, live at sos
Elm street, Alexandria. He is now
on duty at Marine Corps head
quarters here.
A native of Farmville, NJ c., the
54-year-old general was graduated
from the University of North Caro-
lima. In 1918 he was commissioned
second lieutenant. He also holds
the Navy Cross, for heroism during
the Bougainville campaign; Distin-
guished Service Medals from the
Haitian and Nicaraguan govern
ments, and the Medal of Merit
from Santo Domingo.
Brig. Gen. Frederic H. Smith, jr.,
one of the Army's leading authori-
ties on tactical air concepts, has
been awarded the Legion Of Merit
in recognition of former services as
deputy chief of the air staff from
August, 1914, through January,
1945, the War Department an
nounced yesterday.
Prior to his departure on another
unannounced assignment, the medal
was presented to him at a Pentagon
ceremony by 1t. Gen. Barney M.
Giles, chief of the air staff.
Gen. Smith had been recalled from
overseas to take over the duties of
the deputy's Office.
Gen. Smiths wife makes her home
in Washington. His parents, Maj.
Gen. and Mrs. Frederic H. Smith,
live in Hampton, Va.
Marine Sergt. Robert E. Caine, 81,
of 4041 Benton street NV, has been
decorated twice with the Silver Star
for his exploits in the Marianas.
On Saipan, when his platoon was
pinned down by Jap machine guns
hidden in a cave, according to the
Marine Corps, the only way to get
at the cave was to expose oneself to
the enemy fire Without regard for
personal safety" the sergeant opened
fire into the cave and silenced the
guns, his citation stated, and fear
lessly attacked the emplacement
and killed IL of the enemy"
For his second Silver Star, he
performed similar feat on Tinian.
Sergt. Caine, a former student at
the University of Virginia, enlisted
in December, 1912. His mother is
Mrs, Dixie Jane Caine of the Benton
street address.
Comdr. Leroy Taylor, 81, of 1919
Park road NV, has received the
Silver Star for heroism while COM
manding a motor torpedo boat
squadron operating against Jap
forces in the New Georgia and
Bougainville campaigns in ls43.
"Daringly leading his patrol sec
tions against hostile barges and
shore installations despite heavy
Japanese gunfire, bombings and air
attacks" his citation stated,
"Comdr. (then lieutenant COM
mander) Taylor succeeded in in
flicting severe damage on the en-
emy while his own personnel suf-
fered no casualties and his craft
only minor damage"
Comdr. Taylor's wife lives at New
port, r. I.
Pfc. Elwo0d II. Silverstone, 20, son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Silverstone,
TOO Somerset place NV, has been
awarded the Silver Star for gal
lantry October near Zweifall. Ger
many, when he voluntarily exposed
himself to enemy fire to administer
emergency medical aid to wounded
men.
The expert judgment and techni-
cal skill he displayed were instru-
mental in saving the lives OF at least
four of the men, his family was
informed. He is the grandson OF
the former chief rabbi of the COM
bined Jewish congregations in Wash
ington, Rabbi Gedalia Silverstone,
who died recently in Palestine. An
uncle, Rabbi Harry Silverstone, is
rabbi of Tifereth Israel Congrega-
ton.
1t. Col. Leo b. Roberts, Engineer
Corps, formerly of Washington, has
received the Legion of Merit for his
work as head of the ports subsection,
planning section, of the chief engi-
neer's Office in the European theater.
Col. Roberts, who graduated from
Central High School, was directly
responsible for investigating all pos
sible ports of entry to support the
continental operation, his citation
said. He was member of the Joint
United States-British Port Assess
ment Committee, an Allied body