World War I
Joseph H. Thompson
Major · U.S. Army
U.S. Army, 110th Infantry, 28th Division
1 October 1918 · Apremont, France
Public domain. Photo from the 1911 Owl student yearbook. University of Pittsburgh Digital Archives, Photographs from the Archives of the University of Pittsburgh [1] Source file
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- World War I
- Home state
- Pennsylvania
- Action
- Apremont, France
The citation
Official citation
Counterattacked by 2 regiments of the enemy, Maj. Thompson encouraged his battalion in the front line of constantly braving the hazardous fire of machineguns and artillery. His courage was mainly responsible for the heavy repulse of the enemy. Later in the action, when the advance of his assaulting companies was held up by fire from a hostile machinegun nest and all but 1 of the 6 assaulting tanks were disabled, Maj. Thompson, with great gallantry and coolness, rushed forward on foot 3 separate times in advance of the assaulting line, under heavy machinegun and antitank-gun fire, and led the 1 remaining tank to within a few yards of the enemy machinegun nest, which succeeded in reducing it, thereby making it possible for the infantry to advance.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
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