Chester C. Hada

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Chester C. Hada (30101804), Private First Class, U.S. Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action against the enemy while serving with Company C, 100th Infantry Battalion (Separate), attached to the 34th Infantry Division, on 29 November 1943, in the vicinity of Colli, Italy. Private First Class Hada volunteered to accompany an outpost group up Hill 920 to carry a sound power telephone for the purpose of reporting hostile movements and sounds. Upon nearing the chosen position, only 45 yards from the enemy, the group ran into intense grenade fire and scattered individually to their outpost positions. Private First Class Hada, realizing the importance of the mission, crawled to a position only 25 yards away from a hostile machine gun position and transmitted a detailed account of the action, the enemy situation and the nature of the terrain. Private First Class Hada’s courageous performance of duty and complete disregard for his own personal safety was in keeping with the finest traditions of the military service.