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bobbybrown1776
4 hours ago
This man was a freaking bad to the bone Billy bad ass His citation
The president of the United States in the name of the Congress takes pride in presenting the
Medal of Honor posthumously to: Staff Sergeant Edward A. Carter Jr., United States Army For
conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his own life above and beyond the call of
duty in action on 23 March 1945. At approximately 0830 hours, 23 March 1945, near Speyer,
Germany, the tank upon which Staff Sergeant Carter was riding received bazooka and small
arms fire from the vicinity of a large warehouse to its left front. Staff Sergeant Carter and his
squad took cover behind an intervening road bank. Staff Sergeant Carter volunteered to lead a
three-man patrol to the warehouse where other unit members noticed the original bazooka
fire. From here they were to ascertain the location and strength of the opposing position and
advance approximately 150 yards across an open field. Enemy small arms fire covered this
field. As the patrol left this covered position, they received intense enemy small arms fire
killing one member of the patrol instantly. This caused Staff Sergeant Carter to order the other
two members of the patrol to return to the covered position and cover him with rifle fire while
he proceeded alone to carry out the mission. The enemy fire killed one of the two soldiers
while they were returning to the covered position, and seriously wounded the remaining
soldier before he reached the covered position. An enemy machine gun burst wounded Staff
Sergeant Carter three times in the left arm as he continued the advance. He continued and
received another wound in his left leg that knocked him from his feet. As Staff Sergeant Carter
took wound tablets and drank from his canteen, the enemy shot it from his left hand, with the
bullet going through his hand. Disregarding these wounds, Staff Sergeant Carter continued
the advance by crawling until he was within thirty yards of his objective. The enemy fire
became so heavy that Staff Sergeant Carter took cover behind a bank and remained there for
approximately two hours. Eight enemy riflemen approached Staff Sergeant Carter, apparently
to take him prisoner. Staff Sergeant Carter killed six of the enemy soldiers and captured the
remaining two. These two enemy soldiers later gave valuable information concerning the
number and disposition of enemy troops. Staff Sergeant Carter refused evacuation until he
had given full information about what he had observed and learned from the captured enemy
soldiers. This information greatly facilitated the advance on Speyer. Staff Sergeant Carter’s
extraordinary heroism was an inspiration to the officers and men of the 7th Army, Infantry
Company Number 1 (Provisional) and exemplify the highest traditions of the military service.
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rmvoerman
2 hours ago
3 wounds in his arm, 1 bullet trough his hand and 1 through his leg. Waited 2 hours in pain, to
then kill 6 men and capture 2 while wounded. What a fucking legend.
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bobbybrown1776
1 hour ago

Right but what the official citation dosen't include is he was the one that interrogated his 2
prisoners using them as human shields. He went back to his unit, fought off unconsciousness
from blood loss to tell the CO what intelligence he gathered passed out then a few weeks later
went AWOL from the hospital to do what? FIGHT SOME MORE FREAKING NAZIS Dude was a
unit
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Ghustgan
2 hours ago
No paragraphs were hurt in the making of this comment.
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BEh515
4 hours ago
Some people don’t do it for the awards, some just do it cuz they are bad ass. Happy he was
finally recognized and awarded, don’t get me wrong. He did all that knowing he wouldn’t be
awarded anything. IMO, even more heroic. 🇺🇸
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evil_tomato_sauce
1 hour ago
Too right. My mother always told me, "Do the right thing because it's the right thing. Not
because you expect rewards."
Hats off to this hero anyway though.
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StupidizeMe
5 minutes ago
Amen to that!
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airborne_nut_salt
1 hour ago
Amazing things can happen even when there isn't a cellphone capturing every moment! Dude
was a legend!
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Badvoodu
3 hours ago
There’s a Netflix series called Medal of Honor that has an episode about him if anyone is
interested. Episode 3. This man was a badass.
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f4stEddie
51 minutes ago
The quality of that show made my hair stick up on my arm. Truly mesmerizing to see what the
human body can do under certain conditions
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hEEbtheJEWish
3 hours ago
Don't learn from memes. Black people definitely won MOH before the 90s. Black men have
won MOH in every war since the Civil War.
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Dobermanpure
1 hour ago
You don’t “win” a MOH, you earn it.
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beardedkryptonite
38 minutes ago
Probably ESL.
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