Son of Pascal Eyherabide and Grace (Irouleguy) Eyherabide. Brother of Marie, Jean, Felix, Dominic and Raymond.
The Bakersfield Californian
Thursday, Feb. 22, 1945, page 11
(Event date September 17, 1944...the capture of Montecelli)
Lieutenant Eyherabide, company commander in the "Powder River" division of the Fifth Army in Italy, was taking his outfit up a hill under attack. About a third of the way up the company was stopped by barbed wire entanglements. Steve went up in advance of the others to cut a path through the wire and in so doing stepped on a mine. The explosion smashed his foot which he lost.
Immediately thereafter first aid men ran up and put the young lieutenant on a stretcher, but he refused to leave and directed his men through the gap in the wire. The mine explosion tore it open. Later, under intense German fire, Lieutenant Eyherabide directed the withdrawal of his men to safer positions and permitted himself to be removed only after 12 other wounded men had been evacuated to the rear.
Lieutenant Eyherabide, reported recuperating in the Bushnell General Hospital at Brigham City, Utah, has been awarded the Silver Star for his heroism in action.
*complete excerpt is in the photo placed by ladisatt
The Bakersfield Californian
Thursday, Feb. 22, 1945, page 11
(Event date September 17, 1944...the capture of Montecelli)
Lieutenant Eyherabide, company commander in the "Powder River" division of the Fifth Army in Italy, was taking his outfit up a hill under attack. About a third of the way up the company was stopped by barbed wire entanglements. Steve went up in advance of the others to cut a path through the wire and in so doing stepped on a mine. The explosion smashed his foot which he lost.
Immediately thereafter first aid men ran up and put the young lieutenant on a stretcher, but he refused to leave and directed his men through the gap in the wire. The mine explosion tore it open. Later, under intense German fire, Lieutenant Eyherabide directed the withdrawal of his men to safer positions and permitted himself to be removed only after 12 other wounded men had been evacuated to the rear.
Lieutenant Eyherabide, reported recuperating in the Bushnell General Hospital at Brigham City, Utah, has been awarded the Silver Star for his heroism in action.
*complete excerpt is in the photo placed by ladisatt
Son of Pascal Eyherabide and Grace (Irouleguy) Eyherabide. Brother of Marie, Jean, Felix, Dominic and Raymond.
The Bakersfield Californian
Thursday, Feb. 22, 1945, page 11
(Event date September 17, 1944...the capture of Montecelli)
Lieutenant Eyherabide, company commander in the "Powder River" division of the Fifth Army in Italy, was taking his outfit up a hill under attack. About a third of the way up the company was stopped by barbed wire entanglements. Steve went up in advance of the others to cut a path through the wire and in so doing stepped on a mine. The explosion smashed his foot which he lost.
Immediately thereafter first aid men ran up and put the young lieutenant on a stretcher, but he refused to leave and directed his men through the gap in the wire. The mine explosion tore it open. Later, under intense German fire, Lieutenant Eyherabide directed the withdrawal of his men to safer positions and permitted himself to be removed only after 12 other wounded men had been evacuated to the rear.
Lieutenant Eyherabide, reported recuperating in the Bushnell General Hospital at Brigham City, Utah, has been awarded the Silver Star for his heroism in action.
*complete excerpt is in the photo placed by ladisatt
The Bakersfield Californian
Thursday, Feb. 22, 1945, page 11
(Event date September 17, 1944...the capture of Montecelli)
Lieutenant Eyherabide, company commander in the "Powder River" division of the Fifth Army in Italy, was taking his outfit up a hill under attack. About a third of the way up the company was stopped by barbed wire entanglements. Steve went up in advance of the others to cut a path through the wire and in so doing stepped on a mine. The explosion smashed his foot which he lost.
Immediately thereafter first aid men ran up and put the young lieutenant on a stretcher, but he refused to leave and directed his men through the gap in the wire. The mine explosion tore it open. Later, under intense German fire, Lieutenant Eyherabide directed the withdrawal of his men to safer positions and permitted himself to be removed only after 12 other wounded men had been evacuated to the rear.
Lieutenant Eyherabide, reported recuperating in the Bushnell General Hospital at Brigham City, Utah, has been awarded the Silver Star for his heroism in action.
*complete excerpt is in the photo placed by ladisatt
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