Sadao S. Munemori

Private First Class · U.S. Army

U.S. Army, Company A, 100th Infantry Battalion, 442d Combat Team

5 April 1945 · Seravezza, Italy

Public domain. Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons. Transfer was stated to be made by User:Nobunaga24 . Source file

Branch: U.S. Army
Era: World War II
Home state: California
Action: Seravezza, Italy

The citation

Official citation

He fought with great gallantry and intrepidity near Seravezza, Italy. When his unit was pinned down by grazing fire from the enemy's strong mountain defense and command of the squad devolved on him with the wounding of its regular leader, he made frontal, l-man attacks through direct fire and knocked out 2 machineguns with grenades Withdrawing under murderous fire and showers of grenades from other enemy emplacements, he had nearly reached a shell crater occupied by 2 of his men when an unexploded grenade bounced on his helmet and rolled toward his helpless comrades. He arose into the withering fire, dived for the missile and smothered its blast with his body. By his swift, supremely heroic action Private First Class Munemori saved 2 of his men at the cost of his own life and did much to clear the path for his company's victorious advance.

Sources

U.S. Army Medal of Honor citation index
Wikipedia. Linked only. The article text is not copied here.