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MEDAL OF HONOR (Number one)
CITATION: In the presence of the enemy during
the battle of Peking, China, 14 August 1900, Daly distinguished himself
by meritorious conduct.
MEDAL OF HONOR (Number
two)
DALY, Daniel
CITATION: Serving with the Fifteenth Company of Marines on 22 October 1915, Gunnery Sergeant Daly was one of the company to leave Fort Liberte, Haiti, for a 6-day reconnaissance. After dark on the evening of 24 October, while crossing the river in a deep ravine, the detachment was suddenly fired upon from three sides by about 400 Cacos concealed in bushes about 100 yards from the fort. The Marine detachment fought its way forward to a good position, which it maintained during the night, although subjected to a continuous fire from the Cacos. At daybreak the Marines, in three squads, advanced in three different directions, surprising and scattering the Cacos in all directions. Gunnery Sergeant Daly fought with exceptional gallantry against heavy odds throughout this action. Return
Source: Historical Branch,
CITATION: For distinguished conduct in battle, engagement of Vera Cruz, April 22, 1914, was eminent and conspicious in command of his battalion. He exhibited courage and skill in leading his men through the action of the 22nd and in the final occupation of the city. MEDAL OF HONOR (Number two) The President of the United States takes pride in presenting the MEDAL OF HONOR to MAJOR SMEDLEY D. BUTLER
for service as set forth in the following CITATION: As Commanding Officer of detachments from the Fifth, Thirteenth, Twenty-third Companies and the Marine and sailor detachments from the U.S.S.Connecticut, Major Butler led 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. Reaching the fort on the southern side where there was a small opening in the wall, Major Butler gave the signal to attack and Marines from the Fifteenth Company poured through the breach, engaged the Cacos in hand-to-hand combat, took the bastion and crushed the Caco resistance. Throughout this perilous action, Major Butler was conspicuous for his bravery and forceful leadership. Return
Source: Historical Branch,
CUKELA, LOUIS - Navy medal Sgt, USMC, 66th Company, 5th Regiment. DOB 1 May 1888, Sebenes, Austria. Accredited to: Minnesota. (Also received Army Medal of Honor.) Citation: For extraordinary heroism while serving with the 66th Company, 5th Regiment, during action in the Forest de Retz, near Viller-Cottertes, France, 18 Jul 1918. Sgt. Cukela advanced alone against an enemy strong point that was holding up his line. Disregarding the warnings of his comrades, he crawled out from the flank in the face of heavy fire and worked his way to the rear of the enemy position. Rushing a machinegun emplacement, he killed or drove off the crew with his bayonet, bombed out the remaining part of the strong point with German handgrenades and captured 2 machineguns and 4 men. Return
Source: Historical Branch,
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Source: Historical Branch,
KELLY, JOHN JOSEPH - Navy medal Pvt, USMC, 78th Co 6th Regiment. DOB 24 Jun 1898, Chicago, Ill. Accredited to: Illinois. (Also received Army Medal of Honor.) Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving with the 78th Company, 6th Regiment, 2d Division, in action with the enemy at Blanc Mont Ridge, France, 3 Oct 1918. Pvt. Kelly ran through our own barrage a hundred yards in advance of the front line and attacked an enemy machinegun nest, killing the gunner with a grenade, shooting another member of the crew with his pistol, and returning through the barrage with 8 prisoners. Return
Source: Historical Branch,
KOCAK, MATEJ - Navy medal Sgt, USMC. DOB 31 Dec 1882, Gbely (Slovakia), Austria. Accredited to: New York. ( Also received Army Medal of Honor. ) Citation: For extraordinary heroism while serving with the 66th Company, 5th Regiment, 2d Division, in action in the Viller-Cottertes section, south of Soissons, France, 18 Jul 1918. When a hidden machinegun nest halted the advance of his battalion, Sgt. Kocak went forward alone unprotected by covering fire and worked his way in between the German positions in the face of heavy enemy fire. Rushing the enemy position with his bayonet, he drove off the crew. Later the same day, Sgt. Kocak organized French colonial soldiers who had become separated from their company and led them in an attack on another machinegun nest which was also put out of action. Return
Source: Historical Branch,
PRUITT, JOHN HENRY - Navy medal Cpl, USMC. DOB 4 Oct 1896, Fayettesville, Ark. Accredited to: Arizona. (Also received Army Medal of Honor.) Citation: For extraordinary gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty while serving with the 78th Company, 6th Regiment, 2d Division, in action with the enemy at Blanc Mont Ridge, France, 3 Oct 1918. Cpl. Pruitt, single-handed attacked 2 machineguns, capturing them and killing 2 of the enemy. He then captured 40 prisoners in a dugout nearby. This gallant soldier was killed soon afterward by shellfire while he was sniping the enemy. Return
Source: Historical Branch,
CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR to MAJOR GREGORY BOYINGTON
for service as set forth in the following CITATION: For extraordinary heroism above and
beyond the call of duty as Commanding Officer of Marine Fighting Squadron
TWO FOURTEEN in action against enemy Japanese forces in Central Solomons
Area from 12 September 1943 to 3 January 1944. Consistently outnumbered
throughout successive hazardous flights over heavily defended hostile territory,
Major Boyington struck at the enemy with daring and courageous persistence,
leading his squadron into combat with devastating results to Japanese shipping,
shore installations and aerial forces. Resolute in his efforts to
inflict crippling damage on the enemy, Major Boyington led a formation
of twenty-four fighters over Kahili on 17 October and, persistently
circling the airdrome where sixty hostile aircraft were grounded, boldly
challenged the Japanese to send up planes. Under his brilliant command,
our fighters shot down twenty enemy craft in the ensuing action without
the loss of a single ship. A superb airman and determined fighter
against overwhelming odds, Major Boyington personally destroyed 26
of the many Japanese planes shot down by his squadron and by his forceful
leadership developed the combat readiness in his command which was a distinctive
factor in the Allied aerial achievements in this vitally strategic
area.
/S/FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
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Source: Historical Branch,
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DALY,
Daniel
BUTLER,
Smedley
