134th Infantry Regiment Website
"All Hell Can't Stop Us"
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134th Infantry Regiment Website"All Hell Can't Stop Us" |
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Haskell Lee Morris, son of Charlie Beyette and Ossie Julia (Hamilton) Morris, was born September 5, 1921 in McIntosh County, Oklahoma. He married Estelle Wilma Polasek November 8, 1941 and the couple had 2 children, a son Haskell Lee, Jr and a daughter Barbara Ann. He was inducted into the Army August 13, 1940 at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. He joined Service Company, 320th Infantry Regiment from the 48th Replacement Battalion December 17, 1944 when the unit was in the vicinity of Bliesbruck, France. He transferred to Company C on December 20, 1944 and was promoted to Sergeant January 22, 1945. Sgt Haskell L Morris was awarded a Bronze Star Medal for heroic action on March 4 and was killed in action the following day, March 5, 1945, in the vicinity of Kamperbruck, west of Essen, Germany. He is buried at Netherlands American Cemetery, Margraten, Netherlands.
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Bronze Star Medal Citation |
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Sargeant Haskell L Morris, 18002686, Infantry, United States Army, for heroic service in connection with military operations against an enemy of the United States near * * * , Germany on 4 March 1945. Intense concentrations of enemy machine gun and rifle fire forced the attacking platoon of Company C, 320th Infantry, to make a limited withdrawal from forward positions in an open field studded with barbed wire entanglements. Sergeant Morris, a radioman, voluntarily exposed himself to the enemy fire in order to cut three strands on each of three barbed wire fences, providing a route of withdrawal through which the platoon moved to cover. His heroic action enabled the platoon to reorganized and subsequently launch a successful attack in this area. Sergeant Morris was killed in action on the following day. Entered military service from Oklahoma. General Orders No. 23, Headquarters 35th Infantry Division, 30 March 1945 |
