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U.S. Marine Corps Gunnery Sergeant who received both the Army and Navy Medals of Honor for the same act of bravery during WWI. He was awarded for single-handedly charging a German machine-gun team during the Battle of Belleau Wood.
GSGT ERNEST JANSON, USMC • 6 June 1918 • France
On 6 June 1918 in Chateau-Thierry, France G/Sgt. Ernest A. Janson saw 12 of the enemy, armed with 5 light machineguns, crawling toward his group. Sounding the alarm, he rushed the German detachment, bayoneting the 2 leaders and forcing the others to abandon their guns and flee.
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