Yes , Todd

It's up to you (again )

" Thank you , I like to read very much ."

Vee

Should be an easy one:

Yes too easy My captain !! I give the chance to someone else for the moment

Vee

OK, for everyone else, just keep working on the other one. For Vee, how about this one?!

Ok , my Captain !!

Harold C. Agerholm was born on January 29th 1925. He died in military action on July 7th 1944. He was killed by a military conflict. He was 19 years, 5 months and 8 days old when he died.

http://www.marines.be/html/moh/haroldagerholm.htm

Vee

Ok , my Captain !!

 

Harold C. Agerholm was born on January 29th 1925. He died in military action on July 7th 1944. He was killed by a military conflict. He was 19 years, 5 months and 8 days old when he died.

Dang! I just can't stump you! Yes, he is the only Marine in 10th Marines (of which I had been a part) history that is a Medal of Honor recipient. The area by the 10th Marines CP where the old artillery static displays are kept is named in his honor.

Citation:

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty while serving with the 4th Battalion, 10th Marines, 2nd Marine Division, in action against enemy Japanese forces on Saipan, Marianas Islands, July 7, 1944. When the enemy launched a fierce, determined counterattack against our positions and overran a neighboring artillery battalion, PFC Agerholm immediately volunteered to assist in the efforts to check the hostile attack and evacuate our wounded. Locating and appropriating an abandoned ambulance jeep, he repeatedly made extremely perilous trips under heavy rifle and mortar fire and single-handedly loaded and evacuated approximately forty-five casualties, working tirelessly and with utter disregard for his own safety during a grueling period of more than three hours. Despite intense, persistent enemy fire, he ran out to aid two men whom he believed to be wounded Marines but was himself mortally wounded by a Japanese sniper while carrying out his hazardous mission. PFC Agerholm's brilliant initiative, great personal valor and self-sacrificing efforts in the face of almost certain death reflect the highest credit upon himself and the U.S. Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.

Should be an easy one:

So anybody besides Vee know who this is? Hint is he did a wrong thing (lots of others had done it too) but at the wrong time.

Private Eddie Slovik, who was executed by the Army in 1945, the only American soldier to be executed for desertion since the Civil War.

Private Eddie Slovik was buried in Plot "E" of Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial in Fère-en-Tardenois, alongside 95 American soldiers executed for rape and/or murder. Their grave markers are hidden from view by shrubbery and bear sequential numbers instead of names, making it impossible to identify them individually without knowing the key.

I visited this cemetery , the plot "E" is forbidden to the visitors .

http://picasaweb.google.com/waminvero/Oisn...ericanCemetery#

http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=103

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Slovik

Vee

Over to you!

Here you go:

Vee

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Ah, this too, is too easy! I'll wait for others to guess. I guess it's hard to stump a bunch of WWII buffs!

Private Eddie Slovik, who was executed by the Army in 1945, the only American soldier to be executed for desertion since the Civil War.

 

 

Private Eddie Slovik was buried in Plot "E" of Oise-Aisne American Cemetery and Memorial in Fère-en-Tardenois, alongside 95 American soldiers executed for rape and/or murder. Their grave markers are hidden from view by shrubbery and bear sequential numbers instead of names, making it impossible to identify them individually without knowing the key.

 

I visited this cemetery , the plot "E" is forbidden to the visitors .

 

http://picasaweb.google.com/waminvero/Oisn...ericanCemetery#

 

 

http://apps.detnews.com/apps/history/index.php?id=103

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eddie_Slovik

 

Vee

Great Album with great Photos Vee

Bill Mauldin in his jeep named for his wife Jean

Bill Mauldin in his jeep named for his wife Jean

DING DING DING ... WE HAVE A WINNER!!!

Congratulations M1.

It's up to you !

http://bcm.bc.edu/issues/spring_2008/featu...-the-lines.html

http://www.awon.org/willie/willie2.html

Vee

Merci, merci...

Okay this one is two-fold:

Number one - name this person - it shouldn't be too hard

Number two - what special role did he play in WWII?

You gotta get both right!