World War II Medal of Honor recipient. Served as a Medic, Technician Fifth Grade, with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team near Biffontaine, France. Under constant barrages of German small arms and machine gun fire, he treated 17 men on October 28 and eight more on October 29, 1944. On November 4, 1944, he ran 75 yards under machine gun fire to reach a wounded crewman of a damaged tank. He treated and evacuated the seriously wounded crewman from the burning tank, saving his life. After the war he became a dentist and relocated in Detroit.
World War II Medal of Honor recipient. Served as a Medic, Technician Fifth Grade, with the 442nd Regimental Combat Team near Biffontaine, France. Under constant barrages of German small arms and machine gun fire, he treated 17 men on October 28 and eight more on October 29, 1944. On November 4, 1944, he ran 75 yards under machine gun fire to reach a wounded crewman of a damaged tank. He treated and evacuated the seriously wounded crewman from the burning tank, saving his life. After the war he became a dentist and relocated in Detroit.
Bio by: John "J-Cat" Griffith
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