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| Keywords: people Lot-9438-24: From the Foxholes of Bataan: An American Hero. As badly outnumbered and battle-begrimed American forces still fought the Japanese in the foxholes and forests of Bataan Peninsula in the Luzon Islands, Philippines, Major General Jonathan Wainwright was honored for his “extraordinary heroism” in the action by the Distinguished Service Cross. He would also receive the Medal of Honor for his inspiration leadership as a prisoner of war by the Japanese Office of War Information Photograph, February 7-16, 1942. (2016/01/08). Medal of Honor Citation: Distinguished himself by intrepid and determined leadership against greatly superior enemy forces. At the repeated risk of life above and beyond the call of duty in his position, he frequented the firing line of his troops where his presence provided the example and incentive that helped make the gallant efforts of these men possible. The final stand on beleaguered Corregidor, for which he was in an important measure personally responsible, commanded the admiration of the Nation's allies. It reflected the high morale of American arms in the face of overwhelming odds. His courage and resolution were a vitally needed inspiration to the then sorely pressed freedom-loving peoples of the world. Lot-9438-24: From the Foxholes of Bataan: An American Hero. As badly outnumbered and battle-begrimed American forces still fought the Japanese in the foxholes and forests of Bataan Peninsula in the Luzon Islands, Philippines, Major General Jonathan Wainwright was honored for his “extraordinary heroism” in the action by the Distinguished Service Cross. He would also receive the Medal of Honor for his inspiration leadership as a prisoner of war by the Japanese Office of War Information Photograph, February 7-16, 1942. (2016/01/08). Medal of Honor Citation: Distinguished himself by intrepid and determined leadership against greatly superior enemy forces. At the repeated risk of life above and beyond the call of duty in his position, he frequented the firing line of his troops where his presence provided the example and incentive that helped make the gallant efforts of these men possible. The final stand on beleaguered Corregidor, for which he was in an important measure personally responsible, commanded the admiration of the Nation's allies. It reflected the high morale of American arms in the face of overwhelming odds. His courage and resolution were a vitally needed inspiration to the then sorely pressed freedom-loving peoples of the world. | ||||
