(1/4) Congratulations on the 100th Year Anniversary of the Congressional Medal of Honor being awarded to Michael J. Perkins, a World War I Veteran from South Boston. A true American hero.
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(2/4) The Michael J. Perkins American Legion Post hosted an event to celebrate this honor, with proceeds going to support local charitable and community programs. @PerkinsPost
Michael J. Perkins Congressional Medal of Honor Citation: Private First Class Perkins, voluntarily...
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(3/4) ...and alone, crawled to a German "pill box" machinegun emplacement, from which grenades were being thrown at his platoon. Awaiting his opportunity, when the door was again opened and another grenade thrown, he threw a bomb inside, bursting the door open, and then...
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(4/4) drawing his trench knife, rushed into the emplacement. In a hand-to-hand struggle he killed or wounded several of the occupants and captured about 25 prisoners, at the same time silencing 7 machineguns.
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