STAFF SERGEANT ELMER V.
AFFELD, 16064227, COMPANY D,
136TH INFANTRY REGIMENT, 33D
INFANTRY DIVISION, FOR OUT-
STANDING PERFORMANCE OF DUTY
AS A SQUAD LEADER OF HIS 81
MM MORTAR PLATOON, DURING COM-
BAT OPERATIONS, GRENADE HILL,
LUZON, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, 27
APRIL 1945.  HIS COURAGE UNDER
FIRE CONTRIBUTED TO THE SUCCESS
OF HIS REGIMENT AND DIVISION.

	P.W. CLARKSON,
	MAJOR GENERAL, U.S.A.,
	INFANTRY DIVISION