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Medal of Honor Ceremony

Medal of Honor Ceremony

Medal of Honor Ceremony

Wednesday, March 6, 2019
On Nov. 11, 1943, Pfc Floyd K. Lindstrom and the men of his unit were outnumbered five-to-one as they fought off a German counterattack on a hill near Mignano, Italy. Ignoring the small-arms fire impacting around him, Lindstrom maneuvered his heavy machine gun up the rocky hillside and then stormed an enemy’s machine gun nest with his pistol. After capturing the machine gun and dragging it back to his unit, Lindstom continued to fire on the German positions until the counterattack was repelled...

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