Wounded three times in the hell of the Argonne, Captain Nelson Holderman refused to yield—dragging the wounded to safety and rallying the “Lost Battalion” through six days of fire and starvation.
When his platoon was pinned down by savage machine gun fire, Thomas Hall rose alone, charged forward with his bayonet—and cleared the path to victory before falling mortally wounded.
With the words, “I will get them,” Earl Gregory charged alone into the Bois-de-Consenvoye—armed with a rifle and a single mortar shell—and captured an entire enemy position.
When his company was pinned down by German fire, Gary Foster charged alone through the smoke and bullets—destroying the guns and capturing eighteen men single-handedly.
Wounded in the shoulder and bleeding badly, James Dozier refused to stop—crawling forward under fire to destroy a machine gun nest and lead his men to victory.
When his entire team fell under German fire, Henry Costin fought on alone wounded and dying but still firing his automatic rifle until the enemy surrendered.
Pinned down by German guns near Consenvoye, Johannes Anderson crawled alone through open fire—flanked the machine gun nest, captured it, and marched 23 prisoners back to his line.
