George H. Cannon
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title:
George H. Cannon
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First Lieutenant George Ham Cannon, USMC, was the first United States Marine in World War II to receive the nation's highest military award—the Medal of Honor. He posthumously received the medal for "distinguished conduct in the line of his profession, extraordinary courage, and disregard of his own condition" during the bombardment of Midway Island by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941. He remained at his command post, despite being mortally wounded by enemy shell fire. He refused to be evacua
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USMC Medal of Honor recipient (1915–1941)
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_H._Cannon
date created:
2006-03-28T15:34:44Z
date modified:
2024-09-13T23:39:12Z
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