Award DCM Tpr. V. Debuf, 5 (Belgian) S.A.S. Operation Caliban

brithm · Nov 8, 2021

Trooper Victor Debuf, 5th (Belgian) S.A.S. awarded D.C.M. (2538)
SAS Operation CALIBAN September 1944, Province of Linsburg (belgium)

Showed magnificent courage, intelligence, initiative and presence of mind. His squad of 6, moving in daylight across open country, was forced by an approaching German column to hide in slit trenches (de BUF was detached with his LMG for flank protection). An 88mm gun Battery, unaware of their presence, stopped in front of them, started siting its gins a few yards away, offering a field of fire to DEBUF's LMG only. The latter, unable - the enemy being son near - to contact his squad commander, acted on his own initiative, jumped into the open and fired his Bren gun hose-pipe fashion from the hip, spraying the German position at point blank range, shouting to the rest of the squad to take firing positions, initiating thereby a violent engagement during which the enemy lost 52 killed and an undetermined number of wounded and was subsequently forced to move elsewhere the battered remnants of the battery
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Debuf pictured receiving his Distinguished Conduct Medal from Montgomery on 10th March 1945 at an investiture at Grande Place, Brussels
WO 373/153/42

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Award DCM Tpr. V. Debuf, 5 (Belgian) S.A.S. Operation Caliban

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