r iSL .iieutenant W i l1 i a m F. "Buck" Dawson, '39-'42 Oak Leaf Cluster to Bronze Star Medal "For heroic conduct from 1900 hours on 28 January 1945 to 1600 hours on 29 January 1945 near HERRESBACH, BEL- GIUM. First Lieutenant (then Second Second Lieutenant WILLIAM DAwSON, '39- '42, is on detached duty at the Infantry School, Fort Benning, Georgia, where he is attending the officers' communication course. He has served with the ski-troops at Camp Hale, Colorado, and was c n siojd at Fort Benning, July 5, 1943. f# g3 First Lieutenant William Dawson,; '39-'42 Bronze Star Medal For heroic conduct in night patrol action; during the Bulge campaign. First Lieutenant WmLiA i F. "BucK" DAwsN, '39-'42, whose war citations have appeared in The Alumnus, is on occupation duty with the world-famed Airborne "All' Americans" In addition to his two Bronze Stars; Dawson has been awarded the' Netherlands highest decoration, the Military Order of William; the Belgian Fourragere to the Croix de Guerre; the Presidential Cita- tion; Infantry Combat Badge; European Theatre Ribbon with five campaign stars; Bronze Invasion Arrowhead; Glider Badge with combat star; and the recently au- thorized American Theatre Ribbon; Post- Pearl Harbor Ribbon; Victory Ribbon and the German Occupation Ribbon. Lieutenant' Dawson went overseas in June, 1944, after serving for a year in the Ski Troops at Camp Hale, Colorado. He joined the Africa, Sicily and Italy veteran 2d Div'i w ere he has served ever since. LIEUTENANT W. F. DAWSON Lieutenant) Dawson voluntarily offered his services to accompany elements of the Division Reconnaissance Patrol on the latter's first foot patrol in deep snow. During the entire twenty-one hours, his skill and knowledge of snow patrolling guided the platoon through the dangerous and hazardous routes. Acting as lead scout, First Lieutenant Dawson and his second scout succeeded in surprising an enemy road block, killing one of the en- emy and taking several prisoners. The patrol continued and, through his skill, flushed several more of the enemy and forced the withdrawal of the numerically superior enemy force under intense fire. First Lieutenant Dawson's aggressive ac- tion, courage and skill instilled great con- fidence in the men and enabled the pla- toon to successfully accomplish its mis- sion." ON M I Y y Lieutenant WILLIAM;_ (BUCK) DAwSON '39-'42, recently sent to The Alumnus office an interesting paper which he edited to publicize his airborne divisibn's activities. The newspaper is entitled "The All-Ameri- can Paraglide", and was printed at Nijme- gen, Holland. It contains articles about the division invading Holland and a "Message to America", all written by Dawson and others in the division. Lieutenant Dawson captured a German mercedes Benz, $3,000 staff car at Nijmegen, September 19, and has been riding in style ever since. He was in the first jeep to cross the Dutch-German border September 18. Among other things, Dawson has been sent to Paris to make a few broadcasts for N.B.C. and O.W.I., and one time, he had dinne with Marlene Die- trich. r= 4.A~ we / '