US Marine Corps Maj Louis Cukela: Double Medal of Honor Recipient WWI

Navy Medal of Honor Citation:
For extraordinary heroism while serving with the 66th Company, 5th Regiment, during action in Forest de Retz, near Viller-Cottertes, France, 18 July 1918. Sgt. Cukela advanced alone against an enemy strong point that was holding up his line. Disregarding the warnings of his comrades, he crawled out from the flank in the face of heavy fire and worked his way to the rear of the enemy position. Rushing a machine-gun emplacement, he killed or drove off the crew with his bayonet, bombed out the remaining part of the strong point with German hand grenades, and captured two machineguns and four men.

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Photos Courtesy Wikimedia Commons & Photograph Collection (COLL/966) at the Marine Corps Archives & Special Collections

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