World War I
Arthur J. Forrest
Sergeant · U.S. Army
U.S. Army, Company D, 354th Infantry, 89th Division
1 November 1918 · Remonville, France
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- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- World War I
- Home state
- Missouri
- Action
- Remonville, France
The citation
Official citation
When the advance of his company was stopped by bursts of fire from a nest of 6 enemy machineguns, without being discovered, he worked his way single-handed to a point within 50 yards of the machinegun nest. Charging, single-handed, he drove out the enemy in disorder, thereby protecting the advance platoon from annihilating fire, and permitting the resumption of the advance of his company.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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