Walter D. Ehlers

Staff Sergeant Ehlers received the Medal of Honor for leading his infantry through a series of deadly clashes at Normandy during World War II. During an intense firefight on June 9, 1944, the Army infantry staff sergeant single handedly killed four enemy soldiers, knocked out two machine gun nests and spearheaded attacks against a pair of mortar pits. The next day Ehlers' squad was ordered to retreat after it found itself dangerously exposed to German fire. Ehlers decided that would get them all killed, so he opened fire on several German positions at once. By drawing their fire, he allowed other Americans to retreat in good order. Shot and wounded and ignoring a steady barrage of enemy fire, Ehlers rescued another wounded GI and carried him to safety. A native of Manhattan, Kansas, Ehlers resides in Buena Park, California.

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