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| Name: |
Calugas, Jose |
| Date of birth: | December 29th, 1907 (Barrio Tagsing, Leon, Philipine Islands)
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January 18th, 1988 (Tacoma/Washington, United States)
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American |
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MEDAL OF HONOR - ARMY (MOH)
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Rank:
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Sergeant
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Battery B, 88th Field Artillery, Philippine Scouts
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Awarded on:
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February 24th, 1942
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Action:
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Rank and organization: Sergeant, U.S. Army, Battery B, 88th Field Artillery, Philippine Scouts. Place and date: At Culis, Bataan Province, Philippine Islands, 16 January 1942. Entered service at: Fort Stotsenburg, Philippine Islands. Born: 29 December 1907, Barrio Tagsing, Leon, %Iloilo, Philippine Islands. G.O. No.: 10, 24 February 1942.
Citation:
The action for which the award was made took place near Culis, Bataan Province, Philippine Islands, on 16 January 1942. A battery gun position was bombed and shelled by the enemy until 1 gun was put out of commission and all the cannoneers were killed or wounded. Sgt. Calugas, a mess sergeant of another battery, voluntarily and without orders ran 1,000 yards across the shell-swept area to the gun position. There he organized a volunteer squad which placed the gun back in commission and fired effectively against the enemy, although the position remained under constant and heavy Japanese artillery fire.
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