Henry S. Jordan

The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting the Distinguished Service Cross to Henry S. Jordan, Captain (Infantry), U.S. Army, for extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an armed enemy while serving with Company I, 180th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division, in action against enemy forces on 28 March 1945, near Blensbach, Germany. Amid enemy Panzerfaust and bazooka fire, Captain Jordan directed the fire of supporting tanks upon enemy emplace­ments guarding a roadblock. He braved intense small arms fire to contact one of his platoons and then led it in a frontal assault, over open terrain, on the enemy position. At the head of his men, he charged two machine gun nests and destroyed them with accurate fire from his sub-machine gun. Personally killing twelve of the enemy, Captain Jordan then led his company in clearing a stubbornly defended town and taking seventy prisoners. Captain Jordan’s outstanding leadership, personal bravery and zealous devotion to duty exemplify the highest traditions of the military forces of the United States and reflect great credit upon himself, the 45th Infantry Division, and the United States Army.