Colonel Samuel G. Conley, on 19 February 1945, near Saarbrucken, Germany was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross citation for extraordinary heroism. During a bitter battle for the Siegfried Line defeses, a top the strategically Importan Kreutzberg Ridge, Colonel Conley maneuvered under intense artillery barrages to within thirty yards of enemy entrenchments. Miraculously eluding hostile machine-gun and mortar fire for a sustained period, he dashed across the front lines, recruiting a tank and twenty-two infantrymen for an assault on the enemy. He then led a charge over barbed-wire entanglements into the German-held trenches, capturing the position and twenty-six prisoner. Colonel Conley's courageus action and superb leadership were in keeping with the highest ideal of the infantry and reflect great credit upon himself and the armed forces. Entered United States Military Academy from Van Vert, Ohio.
Colonel Samuel G. Conley, on 19 February 1945, near Saarbrucken, Germany was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross citation for extraordinary heroism. During a bitter battle for the Siegfried Line defeses, a top the strategically Importan Kreutzberg Ridge, Colonel Conley maneuvered under intense artillery barrages to within thirty yards of enemy entrenchments. Miraculously eluding hostile machine-gun and mortar fire for a sustained period, he dashed across the front lines, recruiting a tank and twenty-two infantrymen for an assault on the enemy. He then led a charge over barbed-wire entanglements into the German-held trenches, capturing the position and twenty-six prisoner. Colonel Conley's courageus action and superb leadership were in keeping with the highest ideal of the infantry and reflect great credit upon himself and the armed forces. Entered United States Military Academy from Van Vert, Ohio.
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