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15-156 Garand Picture of The Day -Ernest Childers MOH
Rank and organization: Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army, 45th Infantry Division. Place and date: At Oliveto, Italy, 22 September 1943. Entered service at: Tulsa, Okla. Birth: Broken Arrow, Okla. G.O. No.: 30, 8 April 1944. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of life above and beyond the call of duty in action on 22 September 1943, at Oliveto, Italy. Although 2d Lt. Childers previously had just suffered a fractured instep he, with 8 enlisted men, advanced up a hill toward enemy machinegun nests. The group advanced to a rock wall overlooking a cornfield and 2d Lt. Childers ordered a base of fire laid across the field so that he could advance. When he was fired upon by 2 enemy snipers from a nearby house he killed both of them. He moved behind the machinegun nests and killed all occupants of the nearer one. He continued toward the second one and threw rocks into it. When the 2 occupants of the nest raised up, he shot 1. The other was killed by 1 of the 8 enlisted men. 2d Lt. Childers continued his advance toward a house farther up the hill, and single-handed, captured an enemy mortar observer. The exceptional leadership, initiative, calmness under fire, and conspicuous gallantry displayed by 2d Lt. Childers were an inspiration to his men.
Born
February 1, 1918
Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Died
March 17, 2005 (aged 87)
Place of burial
Floral Haven Memorial Gardens, Broken Arrow, Oklahoma
Allegiance
United States
of America
Service/branch
United States Army
Years of service
1937–1966
Rank
Lieutenant Colonel
Unit
180th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division
Battles/wars
World War II
Italian Campaign
Awards
Medal of Honor
Before the 1930s, the division's symbol was a red square with a yellow swastika, a tribute to the large Native American population in the southwestern United States
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There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.
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Last edited by Mark in Rochester; 06-03-2015 at 01:01 PM.
He is no fool who gives what he cannot keep to gain that which he cannot lose
There are no great men, only great challenges that ordinary men are forced by circumstances to meet.
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Although tainted by Nazi use, it is a symbol of auspiciousness in Indian culture.
"He which hath no stomach to this fight,/ Let him depart." Henry V
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and other cultures
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Also evident on the bolt. There's a National Guard Armory at Enid OK that was hit by Bonnie and Clyde for guns at one point that (had) a swastika on each side of the front door. Long since closed, the swastikas had been covered since WW2. It's been unfortunately demolished by the school board and the land re-claimed...another historic landmark gone...
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I've been trying to get good photos of that Chinese M1 for ten years. There's also a bow and arrow symbol that appears to be Shansei Arsenal.
Real men measure once and cut.
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