Puerto
Rico's 
65th INFANTRY REGIMENT
SILVER STAR
HEADQUARTERS 3D INFANTRY DIVISION
GENERAL ORDERS # 196 - 17 June 1951
MASTER SERGEANT PEDRO RODRIGUEZ, RA6674697, Infantry,
Company "F", 65th
Infantry, 3d Infantry Division, United States Army.
On 24 March 1951, near
Kopi-Dong, Korea, Sergeant RODRIGUEZ, acting as platoon
leader in the absence
of a commissioned officer, was leading his unit to
secure Hill 476, when the
enemy opened fire from a well camouflaged machine
gun nest. Although he did
not know the exact location of the gun, Sergeant RODRIGUEZ
ordered one squad
to fix bayonets and assault the general area from
which the fire was coming.
After the enemy weapon fired again, Sergeant RODRIGUEZ
charged the position,
Source: Record Group 338: General Orders
3rd
Infantry Division, Boxes 129 to 131 -
yelling and shooting his rifle demoralizing the enemy
and causing him to flee
in haste, taking his gun with him, but leaving ammunition
and rations behind.
The gallantry and extreme devotion to duty displayed
by Sergeant RODRIGUEZ
reflect great credit upon himself and the military
service. Entered the military
service from Puerto Rico.