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Staff Sergeant Bacon was serving as a squad leader during an operation west of Tam Ky. When his company came under fire from an enemy bunker line to the front, he quickly organized his men and led them in an assault. He advanced on a hostile bunker and destroyed it with grenades. Several fellow soldiers including the platoon leader, were struck by machinegun fire and fell in an exposed position. Staff Sergeant Bacon assumed command of the platoon and assaulted the hostile gun position, killing the enemy gun crew in a single-handed effort. When another platoon moved to his location, its leader was also wounded. Without hesitation Staff Sergeant Bacon took charge of the additional platoon and continued the fight. He personally killed four more enemy soldiers and silenced an antitank weapon. The members of both platoons accepted his authority without question. Continuing to ignore the intense hostile fire, he climbed up on the exposed deck of a tank and directed fire into the enemy position while several wounded men were evacuated. As a result of Staff Sergeant Bacon's extraordinary efforts, his company was able to move forward, eliminate the enemy positions, and rescue the men trapped to the front. |
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