Anthony J. Carson

Corporal · U.S. Army

Company H, 43d Infantry, U.S. Volunteers

15-19 April 1900 · Catubig, Samar, Philippine Islands

Branch: U.S. Army
Era: Expeditions, 1871–1933
Home state: Massachusetts
Action: Catubig, Samar, Philippine Islands

The citation

Official citation

Assumed command of a detachment of the company which had survived an overwhelming attack of the enemy, and by his bravery and untiring efforts and the exercise of extraordinary good judgment in the handling of his men successfully withstood for 2 days the attacks of a large force of the enemy, thereby saving the lives of the survivors and protecting the wounded until relief came.

Sources

U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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