Frank H. Boone

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Frank H. Boone, Staff Sergeant, Company F, 143d Infantry Regiment, for gallantry in action on 3 February 1945 in France. Sergeant Boone placed his machine gun section in position to cover his company as the men withdrew to stronger positions under a severe counterattack. In the face of intense enemy machine gun and tank fire he selected the fields of fire and accurately directed the fire of his machine guns, checking the enemy advance. Having accomplished his mission, he was moving back to rejoin his company when he heard two soldiers calling for help from a nearby field. Leaving his section in charge of the second in command, he courageously moved across the open terrain. An enemy machine gun opened fire on him,  bursting tank shells several times threw him to the ground and shell fragments tore through his equipment, but Sergeant Boone gallantly continued on his mission and made two trips across the 800 yards of fire-swept terrain to carry the wounded soldiers to safety.