Jerome t hagen biography of martin

The President of the United States of America takes pleasure in presenting the Silver Star to Lieutenant Colonel Jerome T. Hagen (MCSN: 0-62126), United States Marine Corps, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action while serving as Commanding Officer of Marine Attack Squadron THREE HUNDRED ELEVEN (VMA-311), Marine Aircraft Group Eleven, First Marine Aircraft Wind in connection with combat operations against the enemy in the Republic of Vietnam.

On the morning of 27 February 1971, during Operation Lam Son 719, Lieutenant Colonel Hagen launched from the DaNang Air Base as Wingman in a flight of two A-4 Skyhawk aircraft on a mission to provide close air support for an Army of the Republic of Vietnam fire support base which was under heavy pressure and intense fire from a large North Vietnamese Army mechanized force.

Arriving over the designated area, he was given a situation brief by the Forward Air Controller (Airborne) and then quickly located the enemy tanks moving in and