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<blockquote data-quote="vic.currier@gmail.com" data-source="post: 51587" data-attributes="member: 36842"><p><strong>Bronze Star - William Harding Jackson (1901-1971)</strong></p><p></p><p>On March 15, 1945, Colonel William Harding Jackson was awarded the "Bronze Star Medal", America’s fourth highest individual military award and the ninth highest in order of precedence (including unit awards) for his efforts in the Operation Overlord and Operation Bodyguard planning leading up to D-Day. The citation reads: "...By General Order of Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, the Bronze Star Medal is awarded to “Colonel William H. Jackson (then Lt. Colonel) (Army Serial Number 0-900440) General Staff Corps, United States Army, for meritorious service in connection with military operations during the period 21 February 1944 to 31 July 1944, as Chief of the Intelligence Branch, G-2 Section, Headquarters, Twelfth Army Group. By untiring personal industry and sound judgment, Colonel Jackson selected and trained personnel and welded them into a team capable of efficiently collecting, evaluating and disseminating intelligence data. He directed the preparation of numerous intelligence studies and reports required by the Headquarters in planning operations, and his broad grasp of enemy strategy, tactics and organization were of great value in keeping the Headquarters informed of enemy capabilities and intentions. As the direct result of Colonel Jackson’s judgment and industry in planning and training personnel, the Intelligence Branch of the G-2 Section became a model for the production and dissemination of combat intelligence in this theater of operations. Entered military service from New York. By order of General BRADLEY.” As Chief of the Intelligence Branch, First Army Group (FUSAG), working in close coordination with Brig. Gen. T.J. Betts, SHAEF Deputy G-2 and Maj. Gen. Kenneth W.D. Strong, SHAEF G-2 under Gen. Eisenhower, Colonel Jackson was instrumental in the counter-intelligence/counter-espionage effort to deceive the Nazis prior to D-Day -- called the "greatest military hoax of the war" by General Omar Bradley.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="vic.currier@gmail.com, post: 51587, member: 36842"] [b]Bronze Star - William Harding Jackson (1901-1971)[/b] On March 15, 1945, Colonel William Harding Jackson was awarded the "Bronze Star Medal", America’s fourth highest individual military award and the ninth highest in order of precedence (including unit awards) for his efforts in the Operation Overlord and Operation Bodyguard planning leading up to D-Day. The citation reads: "...By General Order of Lieutenant General Omar Bradley, the Bronze Star Medal is awarded to “Colonel William H. Jackson (then Lt. Colonel) (Army Serial Number 0-900440) General Staff Corps, United States Army, for meritorious service in connection with military operations during the period 21 February 1944 to 31 July 1944, as Chief of the Intelligence Branch, G-2 Section, Headquarters, Twelfth Army Group. By untiring personal industry and sound judgment, Colonel Jackson selected and trained personnel and welded them into a team capable of efficiently collecting, evaluating and disseminating intelligence data. He directed the preparation of numerous intelligence studies and reports required by the Headquarters in planning operations, and his broad grasp of enemy strategy, tactics and organization were of great value in keeping the Headquarters informed of enemy capabilities and intentions. As the direct result of Colonel Jackson’s judgment and industry in planning and training personnel, the Intelligence Branch of the G-2 Section became a model for the production and dissemination of combat intelligence in this theater of operations. Entered military service from New York. By order of General BRADLEY.” As Chief of the Intelligence Branch, First Army Group (FUSAG), working in close coordination with Brig. Gen. T.J. Betts, SHAEF Deputy G-2 and Maj. Gen. Kenneth W.D. Strong, SHAEF G-2 under Gen. Eisenhower, Colonel Jackson was instrumental in the counter-intelligence/counter-espionage effort to deceive the Nazis prior to D-Day -- called the "greatest military hoax of the war" by General Omar Bradley. [/QUOTE]
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