World War II
Jose Calugas
Sergeant · U.S. Army
U.S. Army, Battery B, 88th Field Artillery, Philippine Scouts
16 January 1942 · Culis, Bataan Province, Philippine Islands
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- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- World War II
- Action
- Culis, Bataan Province, Philippine Islands
The citation
Official citation
The action for which the award was made took place near Culis, Bataan Province, Philippine Islands, on 16 January 1942. A battery gun position was bombed and shelled by the enemy until 1 gun was put out of commission and all the cannoneers were killed or wounded. Sergeant. Calugas, a mess sergeant of another battery, voluntarily and without orders ran 1,000 yards across the shell-swept area to the gun position. There he organized a volunteer squad which placed the gun back in commission and fired effectively against the enemy, although the position remained under constant and heavy Japanese artillery fire.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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