World War I
Reidar Waaler
Sergeant · U.S. Army
U.S. Army, Company A, 105th Machine-Gun Battalion, 27th Division
27 September 1918 · Ronssoy, France
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- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Era
- World War I
- Home state
- New York
- Action
- Ronssoy, France
The citation
Official citation
In the face of heavy artillery and machinegun fire, he crawled forward to a burning British tank, in which some of the crew were imprisoned, and succeeded in rescuing 2 men. Although the tank was then burning fiercely and contained ammunition which was likely to explode at any time, this soldier immediately returned to the tank and, entering it, made a search for the other occupants, remaining until he satisfied himself that there were no more living men in the tank.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
