He later received a battlefield commission and assumed the rank of second lieutenant.

He served in the Army from 1941 to 1945 and became one of the first enlisted men to win a battlefield commission.

For this he received a Bronze Star and a battlefield commission.

He received a battlefield commission as a second lieutenant in February 1945.

Nolan was given a battlefield commission or appointed as a lieutenant on July 17, 1862.

He had gone over there as a sergeant, but came home an officer after a battlefield commission.

"Since you are in command and there is a war on - I want a battlefield commission."

Only weeks later, he was given a battlefield commission to second lieutenant.

He had wanted a battlefield commission, but it had never come.

He received a battlefield commission as a first lieutenant.