Haitian Campaign
Ross Lindsey Iams
Sergeant · U.S. Marine Corps
U.S. Marine Corps, 5th Co
17 November 1915 · USS Connecticut
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- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Era
- Expeditions, 1871–1933
- Home state
- Pennsylvania
- Action
- USS Connecticut
The citation
Official citation
In company with members of the 5th, 13th, 23d Companies and marine and sailor detachment from the U.S.S. Connecticut, Sergeant. Iams participated in the attack on Fort Riviere, Haiti, 17 November 1915. Following a concentrated drive, several different detachments of marines gradually closed in on the old French bastion fort in an effort to cut off all avenues of retreat for the Caco bandits. Approaching a breach in the wall which was the only entrance to the fort, Sergeant. Iams unhesitatingly jumped through the breach despite constant fire from the Cacos and engaged the enemy in a desperate hand-to-hand combat until the bastion was captured and Caco resistance neutralized.
Sources
- U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
- Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.
