Evening star., 1945-03-23
Gen. Horace Mcbride
Awarded DSM for
Relentless Energy

ice McOai TO seven Army generals
including Maj. Gen. Horace. L. Nc,
Bride of 27l7 Thirty-eighth stree
NV, was announced by the Wa
Department today.
Gen. Mcbride received the aware
as commander Of the s0th Infantr,
Division, which pursued the enemy
across 600 miles of difncult hedgerov
and hilly terrain in France. In tn,
battle Of Argentan-Falaise Gap
while operating with only two com.
bat teams, his relentless energy wa,
a factor in smashing fierce enem!
resistance, the citation said.
These two combat teams annihi.
lated two enemy columns. "Al.
though sustaining losses of key per.
sonnel - =" the citation added
"he reached and crossed the Mo.
selle River and exploited tn,
bridgehead in operations extending
from Pont-a-Mousson to Toul."
Maj. Gen. Paul w. Baade, For
Wayne, Ind, commander of the 35ti
Infantry Division, was decorated fol
leading campaigns resulting in tn,
capture of Orleans, Chateau-dun
Montargia. Joigny, Joinville, Nancy
Morhange and other places il
France. In one week of fighting hi.
troops crossed the Moselle, Meurtht
and LIE Sanon Rivers and took theil
objectives with minimum of cas-.
ualties."
Maj. Gen. Leland s. Hobbs, Brook.
line, Pa, commander of the 30tt
Infantry Division, was singled out fol
his leadership in France in the cap.
ture of the area south of the Ca
rentan-Isigny railroad between the
Canal de Wire ct Taute and the Wire
River. In the great Allied breakout
battle of Normandy, elements of the
division were completely isolated by
powerful German counterattack
but withstood every enemy blow and
after six days of fighting won a
crucial battle.
Maj. Gen. George r. Meyer, San
Antonio, Tex, was decorated fol-
services as commander of the Pan
anna Coast Artillery Command, and
as deputy commander of the Panama
Canal Department. In these duties
he accomplished the reorganization
of defenses with a minimum of dis
ruption and maintained the morale
of troops at high efficiency, despite
the fact that majority of per-
sonnel were living under jungle con-
ditions..
Maj. Gen. Ray E. Porter, Fordyce
Ark, was cited for his work as as
sistant chief OF staff, G-3, War De-
partment General Staff, from May
1943, to February, 1945.' During this
period, the citation said, Gen. Por-
ter exhibited outstanding execu-
tive ability" and co-ordinated the
combined training Of troops of the
major commands. This included
sound doctrines for air-ground op-
erations, amphibious training in
conjunction with the Navy, and the
preparation of the general plans for
redeployment training to be fol-
lowed after the defeat of Germany
Maj. Gen. John S. Wood, Bryn
Mawr, Pa, commander of the 4th
Armored Division, was cited for the
successes of his division in Nor
mandy and Northern France, which
involved over 100 days of fighting
In that time his division advanced
1900 miles. Gen. Wood led his di-
vision from Carentan across the
Cotentin and Britanny Peninsulas
and across France to the bridge
heads east of the Moselle River.
Maj. Gen. Ira T. Wyche, Pine
hurst, N. c., commander Of the 10th
Infantry Division, was decorated
for leading his troops "relentIessly''
against the enemy during 128 days
of combat in France. Under his
able leadership the 18th Infantry
Division never failed to accomplish
the mission assigned" the citation
said.
Some District units were in this
division.
Col. Harrison H. d. Heibers, q
general staff officer, has been
awarded the Bronze Star as the
man Immediately responsible for
the final Army plan for D day.
Col. Heiberg is a native of WASH
1ngton and his mother, Mrs. Elvin R.
Heiberg, lives at 1921 Thirty-sixth
street NV. His citation read: LAS
chief of plans branch, G-3 section,
18th Army Group, he devoted excep-
tional talents to the analysis and
solution of operational problems to
the plans that preceded the cam
paign In Western Europe. He was
Immediately responsible for prepar-
ing the final revision of the Army
Group plan for the campaign in
France"
Col. Heiberg's wife and small
daughter live at Elizabethtown, KY.
His son is a cadet at West Point.
He himself graduated from West
Point and from Westminster School
In Connecticut.
Capt. William C. Mckee, 116
1ngraham street NV, was presented
the Distinguished Flying Cross in
absentia yesterday for "extraordi-
nary achievement" as a pilot of a
Bit on raids over Germany.
The presentation was made at a
ceremony at Boiling Field to Capt
McKee's mother, Mrs. Thelma M.
Mckee, by 1t. Col. John H. Cheat
wood.
Capt. Mckee was reported missing
In action over Germany on a raid In
October. His plane was reported
to have crashed into another while
en- route to his base. He previously
had been awarded the Air Medal
with three Oak Leaf Clusters.
A native of Middletown, Ohio,
Capt. Mckee moved here with his
parents as child and was presi-
dent of his class in 1910 when he
was graduated from Woodrow Will
son High School. He was employed
by the New York Life Insurance
Co. prior to his enlistment in the
Army Air Forces in January, 1912.
He was commissioned a second lieu
tenant in the AAF in March, 1914.
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