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World War I Congressional Medal of Honor Recipient
Corporal Thomas A. Pope, US Army
Tom Pope (Age 22) -- Taken at the time Congressional Medal of Honor was received
Tom Pope (Age 50) -- World War I veteran Congressional Medal of Honor
CITATION:
Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Army, Company E, 131st Infantry, 33d Division. Place and date: At Hamel, France, 4 July 1918. Entered service at: Chicago, Ill. Birth: Chicago, Ill. G.O. No.: 44, W.D., 1919. Citation: His company was advancing behind the tanks when it was halted by hostile machinegun fire. Going forward alone, he rushed a machinegun nest, killed several of the crew with his bayonet, and, standing astride his gun, held off the others until reinforcements arrived and captured them.
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