"For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of
duty at Flamierge, Belgium, on 4 January 1945, when his company was
pinned down by enemy artillery, mortar, and small arms fire, 2 hostile
tanks attacked the unit, inflicting heavy casualties. S/Sergeant
Jachman, seeing the desperate plight of his comrades, left his place of
cover and with total disregard for his own safety dashed across open
ground through a hail of fire and seizing a bazooka from a fallen
comrade advanced on the tanks, which concentrated their fire on him. Firing the weapon alone, he damaged one and forced both to retire.
S/Sergeant. Jachman's heroic action, in which he suffered fatal wounds,
disrupted the entire enemy attack, reflecting the highest credit upon
himself and the parachute infantry."
From S/Sgt. Jachman's Medal of Honor citation, awarded in June 1950.
May you be at peace,
Brian
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