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U.S. Army First Lieutenant Turney White Leonard of Dallas, Texas, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on November 4-6, 1944, near Kommerscheidt, Germany. Turney was commissioned in the Army in 1942 via the ROTC program at Texas A&M University and was a platoon leader in Company C, 893rd Tank Destroyer Battalion. Between November 4 -6, 1944, Leonard’s company was heavily engaged in the fighting in and around Kommerscheidt, Germany. During this time, he repeatedly exposed himself to hostile fire and assumed command when officers became incapacitated. When a mortar round blew his arm off, he was forced to report to the aid station, but he ordered the medic to place him in a concealed foxhole with a weapon to fend off the Germans who were about to overrun the position. His remains were found after the War in a field grave dug by the Germans. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on November 4-6, 1944. Leonard is buried in Grove Hill Memorial Park in Dallas, Texas. #WeRememberThem

U.S. Army Sergeant Charles E. Mower of Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on November 3, 1944, near Capoocan, Leyte, in the Philippines. Mower joined the Army from Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin, and by November 3, 1944 was serving as a sergeant in Company A, 1st Battalion, 34th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division. During an attack against Japanese positions on November 3, 1944, near Capoocan, Leyte, in the Philippines, Mower took command of his squad after the leader was killed and led his men from an exposed position despite being seriously wounded. He was killed during the battle. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on November 3, 1944. Mower is buried at the Manila American Cemetery and Memorial in Taguig City, the Philippines. He was just 19 years old. #WeRememberThem

Two extraordinary men were awarded the Medal of Honor for their actions on November 2, 1944. U.S. Army Colonel Cecil H. Bolton of Crawfordville, FL, was awarded the Medal of Honor for his extraordinary actions on Nov. 2, 1944, near Mark River, Holland. Bolton was serving as a first lieutenant in Company E, 413th Infantry Regiment, 104th Infantry Division. On that day, he was seriously wounded in the legs by a German artillery shell. Despite these wounds, he took two men and led them in a successful assault against three German positions which were firing on his company. Wounded a second time, he ordered his two companions to leave him behind and head for the safety of the American lines. He then crawled the rest of the way back to his company. Bolton reached the rank of colonel before leaving the Army. He died at 56 and is buried in Fort Sam Houston National Cemetery, San Antonio, Texas. U.S. Army Air Forces Second Lieutenant Robert Edward Femoyer of Huntington, West Virginia was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his heroic actions on November 2, 1944 while serving with the 447th Bomb Group's 711th Squadron as the navigator of a B-17 Flying Fortress on a bombing mission over Merseburg, Germany. On that day, his bomber was struck by three antiaircraft shells and he was wounded. He was in pain and had significant blood loss, but refused morphine in order to keep his head clear while he continued to navigate the bomber for two and a half hours, changing course six times to avoid enemy anti-aircraft fire. Once the airplane was in safe airspace over the English Channel, Second Lieutenant Femoyer finally agreed to an injection of morphine; but thirty minutes after landing he died of wounds. His actions saved the lives of the entire crew. He was 23 years old. Second Lieutenant Femoyer is one of only nine known Eagle Scouts to receive the Medal of Honor and is the only navigator awarded the Medal. Second Lieutenant Femoyer attended Virginia Tech, from 1940 to 1943. A building there is named in his honor. #WeRememberThem