Angelo Volpe

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Angelo Volpe (16003910), Technician Fifth Class, U.S. Army, for gallantry in action against the enemy while serving with the 24th Infantry Division, 300 yards west of the center of Red Beach I, Leyte, Philippine Islands, on 25 October 1944. At 0215, the perimeter of the headquarters battery of a field artillery battalion was infiltrated by about ten armed Japanese. A private of the battery was wounded and dragged into the Command Post tent. An aid man was called and, although it was necessary to crawl across an open area from the aid station to the C.P. tent, a distance of approximately thirty yards, under enemy machine gun fire, Technician Volpe answered the call. After rendering first aid to the wounded soldier, Technician Volpe, with utter disregard for his own safety, left the C.P tent under enemy machine gun fire, located the morphine, and returned to administer it to the patient. Technician Volpe’s gallant action and superior devotion to duty reflect the highest credit upon himself and the military service.