Freddy F. Guidry

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star Medal to Freddy F. Guidry (34079257), Corporal, U.S. Army, for gallantry in action while serving with Headquarters Company, 39th Infantry Regiment, 9th Infantry Division. On 12 August 1943, in the vicinity of Randazzo, Sicily, Corporal Guidry, a member of the Intelligence Platoon of Headquarters Company, went forward with the party to install an advance communications switch. After members of the party had been killed and wounded by enemy shellfire and mines, Corporal Guidry exposed himself, without hesitation, to enemy observation and fire, and voluntarily went forward along the road with amine detector removing enemy mines and clearing the road for travel. Although he was untrained and unfamiliar with the use of such a machine, he cleared the road and enabled the aid men to remove the wounded and the dead. Later, while under enemy artillery and small arms fire, Corporal Guidry advanced to a position of vantage where he could observe enemy emplacements. His outstanding devotion to duty and disregard for personal safety were highly commendable and were in keeping with the highest ideals of the Military Service.