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Subject = AWARD RECOMMENDATONS                                            

Folder Title = AWARD RECOMMENDATIONS                                                                           

Parent Organization = 1 MEF       

Unit  = 2ND MARDIV  

Box ID = BX600094

File Cabinet = Week-51 

File Room = dec96_classified    



                                       UNCLASSIFIED


                                      PROPOSED CITATION

              The President of the United States takes pleasure in presenting
         the SILVER STAR MEDAL to


                                    CAPTAIN RICHARD C. MCMONAGLE
                                     UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS


         for service as set forth in the following
         CITATION:

               "For   conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action during
         OPERATION DESERT STORM while serving as the Commanding Officer, Company
         F, 2d Battalion, 2d Marines, attached to 6th Marines(-)(Rein), 2d Marine
         Division,    FMF in hostile action in the Emirate of Kuwait from 24 to 27
         February 1991. Advancing under heavy rain,         dense fog and battlefield
         smoke,   Captain McMonagle led his mechanized rifle company through two
         complex enemy minefield belts into the assault against heavily fortified
         Iraqi defenses. On 24 February, after negotiating the two mineEield
         belts and advancing beyond the breach,Captain McMonagle's company was
         suddenly engaged from the right flank by an enemy company occupying
         fortified positions. Under heavy enemy machinegun and mortar fires,
         Captain McMonagle quickly established a base of fire and led his force
         forward to envelop the enemy position, destroying an enemy 82mm mortar
         platoon enroute. Dismounting his forces and moving forward under heavy
         enemy fires, he personally directed the systematic reduction of enemy
         trenchlines and bunkers. Through a hail of enemy automatic weapons fire,
         he   continued    to   press    the    attack,     destroying    the company
         strongpoint,capturing 150 enemy soldiers, and restoring the battalion's
         right flank. On 26 February,        continuing the attack north, Captain
         McMonagle established a company blocking position along a vital road
         network and aggressively interdicted Iraqi forces attempting to escape
         to the west from Kuwait City. In three violent engagements against enemy
         mechanized forces retrograding west,         Captain MeMonagle personally
         directed his company's fires with devastating effect, destroying eight
         enemy vehicles, and capturing 35 enemy soldiers. Captain McMonagle's
         staunch defense from his blocking position effectively severed the
         enemy's principal avenue of egress to the west from Kuwait City and
         hastened the enemy's defeat. By his daring actions and loyal devotion
         to duty in the face of great personal risk, Captain McMonagle upheld the
         highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.*

                                                  For the.President,



















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File Room = dec96_declassified
File Cabinet = Week-51
Box ID = BX600094
Unit = 2ND MARDIV
Parent Organization = 1 MEF
Folder Title = AWARD RECOMMENDATIONS
Folder Seq # = 240
Subject = AWARD RECOMMENDATONS
Document Seq # = 1
Document Date =
Scan Date =
Queued for Declassification = 01-JAN-1980
Short Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Long Term Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Permanent Referral = 01-JAN-1980
Non-Health Related Document = 01-JAN-1980
Declassified = 24-MAR-1997