John P. Fardy
id:
john-p-fardy-169-4986521
title:
John P. Fardy
text:
John Peter Fardy was a United States Marine who was killed in action during World War II. On May 6, 1945, during the Battle of Okinawa, Fardy dove onto an enemy hand grenade and smothered the blast with his body to save several nearby Marines, but died of his wounds the next day. His heroic actions were later recognized with the Medal of Honor, the United States' highest military decoration.
brand slug:
wiki
category slug:
encyclopedia
description:
US Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipient
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_P._Fardy
date created:
2006-04-06T02:30:30Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T11:15:17Z
main entity:
{"identifier":"Q6251562","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6251562"}
image:
{"content_url":"https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d2/Fardy_JP_USMC.jpg","width":1433,"height":1856}
fields total:
13
integrity:
16