Cole Trade High School - Hilltopper Yearbook (Southbridge, MA)

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1947 -HILLTOPPER - 1947 gwffuafes Wh fD.fea' Jn WMM' WM Z RUDOLPH JULIAN, Plt. Sgt. GRAD. JUNE 30, 1937 QCahinetfb KILLED AT Iwo J IMA AWARDED CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL or HONOR MEDAL OF HONOR CITATION The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the MEDAL OF HONOR post- humously to PLATOON SERGEANT JOSEPH R. JULIAN, UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS RESERVE, for service as set forth in the following CITATION: 4'For conspicuous gallantry and intre- pidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty as a Platoon Sergeant serving with the First Battalion, Twenty-Seventh Ma- rines, Fifth Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces during the seizure of Iwo Jima in the Volcano Islands, 9 March 1945. Determined to force a break-through when Japanese troops occupying trenches and forti- fied positions on the left front laid down a terrific machine-gun and mortar barrage in a desperate effort to halt his company's advance, Platoon Sergeant Julian quickly established his platoon's guns in strategic supporting posi- tions and then, acting on his own initiative, fearlessly moved forward to execute a one-man assault on the nearest pillhox. Advancing alone, he hurled deadly demolitions and white phos- phorus grenades into the emplacement, killing two of the enemy and driving the remaining five out into the adjoining trench system. Seiz- ing a discarded rifle, he jumped into the trench and despatched the five before they could make an escape. Intent on wiping out all re- sistance, he obtained more explosives, and, ac- companied by another Marine, again charged the hostile fortifications and knocked out two more cave positions. Immediately thereafter, he launched a bazooka attack unassisted, firing four rounds into the one remaining pillbox and completely destroying it before he fell, mortally wounded by a vicious burst of enemy fire. Stouthearted and indomitable, Platoon Sergeant Julian consistently disregarded all personal danger and, by his bold decision, dar- ing tactics and relentless fighting spirit during a critical phase of the battle, contributed mate- rially to the continued advance of his company and to the success of his divisionis operations in the sustained drive toward the conquest of this fiercely defended outpost of the Japanese Empire. His outstanding valor and unfaltering spirit of self-sacrifice throughout the bitter con- flict sustained and enhanced the highest tradi- tions of the United States Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his countryf' HARRY TRUMAN -3..