Marine Vet to Get Silver Star 60 Years Late

Marine Vet to Get Silver Star 60 Years Late
June 02, 2011
Knight Ridder/Tribune
GREENVILLE, Texas -- His award took 60 years to get here, but Dr. James Nicholson, Greenville physician, was notified last week by Secretary of the Navy Ray Mabus that he has been awarded the Silver Star medal "for gallantry in action on 22 April 1951."

Nicholson served as a Browning Automatic Rifleman, G Company, 3rd Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, during the Korean War.

The citation reads: "During the late evening hours, Corporal (then Private First Class) Nicholson's fire team came under intense enemy fire by a numerically superior enemy force. Despite being surrounded, Corporal Nicholson and his team courageously applied suppressive fire against the enemy, resulting in numerous enemy casualties.

Marine Vet to Get Silver Star 60 Years Late