Bernard Pickett

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Bernard Pickett (35003257), Staff Sergeant, U.S. Army, for gallantry in action while serving with the 2d Armored Group, 92d Infantry Division, on 12 and 13 October 1944, in Italy. Staff Sergeant Pickett came across a wounded soldier who had lost considerable blood and dug a foxhole which was being constantly swept by enemy fire. The two men remained in this position for the night and at daybreak Staff Sergeant Pickett lifted the wounded comrade out of the hole and carried him to a friendly outpost. His gallant and courageous action, in disregarding all thought of personal safety to remain with and assist a crippled fellow soldier in the face of enemy fire, unquestionably saved his comrade from death or capture and reflects a dauntless spirit of self-sacrifice deserving of the highest admiration and praise.