Ernest H. Allison
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army
On 26 July 1943, then-Sergeant Ernest H. Allison was serving with the 161st Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division in the Pacific Theater of Operations.
On that day, SGT Allison's unit was in action at New Georgia, Solomon Islands when, with complete subordination of self-preservation to the execution of an assigned task, he led his platoon in fierce fighting for a half hour after he was wounded. While running among trees and getting in and out of shell holes in order to designate targets and post his men for maximum fire effect, he was struck by a shell fragment that later caused his death. Refusing evacuation and treatment, he lay wounded while directing the action of the men through his second in command. When the platoon was ordered to withdraw to a new position, he would not allow his removal until his men were making an orderly withdrawal and the success of the move was ensured. SGT Allison's insistence that the critical lines be held secure, his courage, and his almost superhuman power of endurance, inspired his men to fight with resoluteness against overwhelmingly superior odds. SGT Allison's extraordinary heroism earned him the U.S. Army's second highest award for valor, the Distinguished Service Cross.
Allison received a posthumous promotion to the rank of Staff Sergeant.
Medals, Awards and Badges:
Distinguished Service Cross
Purple Heart
Army Good Conduct Medal
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
World War II Victory Medal
Combat Infantryman Badge
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army
On 26 July 1943, then-Sergeant Ernest H. Allison was serving with the 161st Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division in the Pacific Theater of Operations.
On that day, SGT Allison's unit was in action at New Georgia, Solomon Islands when, with complete subordination of self-preservation to the execution of an assigned task, he led his platoon in fierce fighting for a half hour after he was wounded. While running among trees and getting in and out of shell holes in order to designate targets and post his men for maximum fire effect, he was struck by a shell fragment that later caused his death. Refusing evacuation and treatment, he lay wounded while directing the action of the men through his second in command. When the platoon was ordered to withdraw to a new position, he would not allow his removal until his men were making an orderly withdrawal and the success of the move was ensured. SGT Allison's insistence that the critical lines be held secure, his courage, and his almost superhuman power of endurance, inspired his men to fight with resoluteness against overwhelmingly superior odds. SGT Allison's extraordinary heroism earned him the U.S. Army's second highest award for valor, the Distinguished Service Cross.
Allison received a posthumous promotion to the rank of Staff Sergeant.
Medals, Awards and Badges:
Distinguished Service Cross
Purple Heart
Army Good Conduct Medal
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
World War II Victory Medal
Combat Infantryman Badge
Ernest H. Allison
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army
On 26 July 1943, then-Sergeant Ernest H. Allison was serving with the 161st Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division in the Pacific Theater of Operations.
On that day, SGT Allison's unit was in action at New Georgia, Solomon Islands when, with complete subordination of self-preservation to the execution of an assigned task, he led his platoon in fierce fighting for a half hour after he was wounded. While running among trees and getting in and out of shell holes in order to designate targets and post his men for maximum fire effect, he was struck by a shell fragment that later caused his death. Refusing evacuation and treatment, he lay wounded while directing the action of the men through his second in command. When the platoon was ordered to withdraw to a new position, he would not allow his removal until his men were making an orderly withdrawal and the success of the move was ensured. SGT Allison's insistence that the critical lines be held secure, his courage, and his almost superhuman power of endurance, inspired his men to fight with resoluteness against overwhelmingly superior odds. SGT Allison's extraordinary heroism earned him the U.S. Army's second highest award for valor, the Distinguished Service Cross.
Allison received a posthumous promotion to the rank of Staff Sergeant.
Medals, Awards and Badges:
Distinguished Service Cross
Purple Heart
Army Good Conduct Medal
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
World War II Victory Medal
Combat Infantryman Badge
Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army
On 26 July 1943, then-Sergeant Ernest H. Allison was serving with the 161st Infantry Regiment, 25th Infantry Division in the Pacific Theater of Operations.
On that day, SGT Allison's unit was in action at New Georgia, Solomon Islands when, with complete subordination of self-preservation to the execution of an assigned task, he led his platoon in fierce fighting for a half hour after he was wounded. While running among trees and getting in and out of shell holes in order to designate targets and post his men for maximum fire effect, he was struck by a shell fragment that later caused his death. Refusing evacuation and treatment, he lay wounded while directing the action of the men through his second in command. When the platoon was ordered to withdraw to a new position, he would not allow his removal until his men were making an orderly withdrawal and the success of the move was ensured. SGT Allison's insistence that the critical lines be held secure, his courage, and his almost superhuman power of endurance, inspired his men to fight with resoluteness against overwhelmingly superior odds. SGT Allison's extraordinary heroism earned him the U.S. Army's second highest award for valor, the Distinguished Service Cross.
Allison received a posthumous promotion to the rank of Staff Sergeant.
Medals, Awards and Badges:
Distinguished Service Cross
Purple Heart
Army Good Conduct Medal
Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal
World War II Victory Medal
Combat Infantryman Badge
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