Heroes

[Bill Hughes]

We lost another hero today. John Finn USN Medal of Honor passed today. He was awarded the MOH for action at Pearl Harbor on Dec. 7 1941. He was manning a machine gun shooting at jap aircraft in the open even after being wounded numerious times.

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[TheLongshot00]

If I remember correctly he was the youngest man ever to recieve th MOH.

[browningautorifle]

John Finn was born July 23 1909, and was the oldest holder of the MOH. 100 years old! Willie Johnston was only 13 when he received the MOH in Sept 16 1863. It had been for an act commited when he was only 11.