Charles N Deglopper. He was a member of Company C, 325th Glider Infantry, on 9 June 1944 advancing with the forward platoon to secure a bridgehead across the Merderet River at La Fiere, France. At dawn the platoon had penetrated an outer line of machine guns and riflemen, but in so doing had become cut off from the rest of the company.
Died: June 16, 1943, Over Buka Area, Solomon Islands. Buried: National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (Punchbowl) (MH) (A-582), Honolulu, HI, United States. Location of Medal: Public Library, Carbondale, PA. U.S. Army Air Corps Second Lieutenant Joseph Raymond Sarnoski was posthumously presented the Medal of Honor for military valor during
Died: March 1, 1945, Iwo Jima, Volcano Islands. Buried: Calvary Cemetery (MH) (8-9), Dayton, OH, United States. U.S. Marine Corps Reserve Corporal Tony Stein was posthumously presented the Medal of Honor for military valor during World War II.
Hershel W. “Woody” Williams was a 21-year-old Marine Corps corporal when he watched from the bloodied, ashy beaches of Iwo Jima as the Stars and Stripes rose atop Mount Suribachi on Feb. 23, 1945.
Medal of Honor Action Place: Malmedy, Belgium Citation He was an automatic rifleman with the 3d Platoon defending a strongpoint near Malmedy, Belgium, on 21 December 1944, when the enemy launched a powerful attack.
During this conflict 464 United States military personnel received the Medal of Honor, 266 of them posthumously. Seventeen of these were Japanese-Americans fighting in both Europe and the Pacific. Additionally, the only recipient for the United States Coast Guard received the Medal for his actions during this war.
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