CAPTAIN JOHN P. TICE, Infantry, Company B, 610th Tank Destroyer Battalion, United States Army. For extraordinary heroism in connection with military operations against an enemy in Germany. On 25 April 1945, when fierce enemy artillery, mortar and small arms fire forced our infantry and armor to seek cover, Captain Tice fearlessly went forward to ascertain hostile gun positions. Pinned down by an enemy machine gun, he armed himself with grenades and a carbine, outflanked the position and silenced it. When a second hostile gun opened fire on him, with two accurately thrown grenades he forced the two-man crew to flee their position and then killed them. Then he directed tank destroyers into firing positions and under their barrage went to the aid of a wounded soldier lying in the field of fire. Capt TiceÃs dauntless courage and outstanding devotion to duty are in keeping with the finest traditions of the military service.
