His first shots disclosed his position the enemy directed heavy fire against him as he methodically fired his missiles into the narrow defile. He returned to his patrol, secured grenades and a rifle to launch them and went back to his self-appointed outpost. His shells bracketed the German force, but when he was about to correct the range his radio went dead. Crawling out ahead of his troops to a vantage point, he called by radio for artillery fire. Murray's patrol but he hesitated to commit so small a force to battle with the superior and strongly disposed enemy. The enemy's position in a sunken road, though hidden from the ridge, was open to a flank attack by 1st Lt. Descending into a valley beneath hilltop positions held by our troops, he observed a force of 200 Germans pouring deadly mortar, bazooka, machinegun, and small arms fire into an American battalion occupying the crest of the ridge. Army (ret.)įor commanding Company C, 30th Infantry, displaying supreme courage and heroic initiative near Kaysersberg, France, on 16 December 1944, while leading a reinforced platoon into enemy territory. Sources: The Medal of Honor: A Commemoration of South Carolina Recipients and the Congressional Medal of Honor Society.įull Citations for five South Carolina Medal of Honor Recipientsįive heroes accredited to South Carolina were among the honorees when Charleston hosted Beyond Valor, the 2010 Medal of Honor Convention. McWorter, William A.*, U.S. Army, World War II Army, World War IIĮlliott, Middleton Stuart, U.S. South Carolina’s Medal of Honor recipientsĪtkins, Thomas E., U.S. Army, World War IIĬurrey, Francis S., U.S. Navy Shipfitter First Class George Wheeler of Charleston received his in 1909 for action “during a conflagration in Coquimbo, Chile.” Navy Boilermaker Edward Floyd earned his in 1905 for “extraordinary heroism at the time of the blowing out of the manhole plate of boiler D” aboard the U.S.S.
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