Button, William Robert
Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps
Gendarmerie d'Haiti
Date of Action: October 31 & November 01, 1919
Citation:
The Medal of Honor is presented to William Robert Button, Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism and conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in actual conflict with the enemy near Grande Riviere, Republic of Haiti, on the night of 31 October - 1 November 1919, resulting in the death of Charlemagne Peralte, the supreme bandit chief in the Republic of Haiti, and the killing, capture and dispersal of about 1,200 of his outlaw followers. Corporal William R. Button not only distinguished himself by his excellent judgment and leadership but also unhesitatingly exposed himself to great personal danger when the slightest error would have forfeited not only his life but the lives of the detachments of Gendarmerie under his command. The successful termination of his mission will undoubtedly prove of untold value to the Republic of Haiti.
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General Orders 536, June 10, 1920
Born: 12/3/1895 at St. Louis, Missouri
Home Town: St. Louis, Missouri
Hanneken, Herman Henry
Second Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps
Gendarmerie d'Haiti
Date of Action: October 31 & November 01, 1919
Citation:
The Medal of Honor is presented to Herman Henry Hanneken, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism and conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in actual conflict with the enemy near Grande Riviere, Republic of Haiti, on the night of 31 October - 1 November 1919, resulting in the death of Charlemagne Peralte, the supreme bandit chief in the Republic of Haiti, and the killing, capture, and dispersal of about 1,200 of his outlaw followers. Second Lieutenant Hanneken not only distinguished himself by his excellent judgment and leadership but also unhesitatingly exposed himself to great personal danger when the slightest error would have forfeited not only his life but the lives of the detachments of gendarmerie under his command. The successful termination of his mission will undoubtedly prove of untold value to the Republic of Haiti.
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General Orders 536, June 10, 1920
Born: 6/23/1893 at St. Louis, Missouri
Home Town: St. Louis, Missouri
Other Award: Navy Cross (2d Haitian), Navy Cross w/Gold Star (2nd Nicaragua)
Interim (1919 - 1926)
Smith, Albert Joseph
Private, U.S. Marine Corps
M arine Barracks, Pensacola, Florida
Date of Action: February 11, 1921
Citation:
The Medal of Honor is presented to Albert Joseph Smith, Private, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while assigned to the Marine Barracks, Pensacola, Florida. At about 7: 30 a.m. on the morning of 11 February 1921, Private Smith, while on duty as a sentry, rescued Plen M. Phelps, late machinist's mate second class, U.S. Navy, from a burning seaplane which had fallen near his post, gate No. 1, Marine Barracks, Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Fla. Despite the explosion of the gravity gasoline tank, with total disregard of personal safety, he pushed himself to a position where he could reach Phelps, who was pinned beneath the burning wreckage, and rescued him from the burning plane, in the performance of which he sustained painful burns about the head, neck and both hands.
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General Orders 72, September 29, 1921
Born: 7/31/1898 at Calumet, Michigan
Home Town: Calumet, Michigan
Schilt, Christian Franklin
First Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps
Marine Observation Squadron 7/M (VO/7M),
Date of Action: January 6 - 8, 1928
Citation:
The Medal of Honor is presented to Christian Franklin Schilt, First Lieutenant, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism while serving with Marine Observation Squadron 7/M (VO-7M), in action during the progress of an insurrection at Quilali, Nicaragua, 6, 7, and 8 January 1928. First Lieutenant Schilt, then a member of a Marine expedition which had suffered severe losses in killed and wounded, volunteered under almost impossible conditions to evacuate the wounded by air and transport a relief commanding officer to assume charge of a very serious situation. First Lieutenant Schilt bravely undertook this dangerous and important task and, by taking off a total of ten times in the rough, rolling street of a partially burning village, under hostile infantry fire on each occasion, succeeded in accomplishing his mission, thereby actually saving three lives and bringing supplies and aid to others in desperate need.
Born: 3/18/1895 at Richland County, Illinois
Home Town: Richland County, Illinois
Truesdell, Donald Leroy
Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps
Guardia Nacional
Date of Action: April 24, 1932
Citation:
The Medal of Honor is presented to Donald Leroy Truesdell, Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, for extraordinary heroism in action in Nicaragua. Corporal Truesdell was second in command of a Guardia Nacional Patrol in active operations against armed bandit forces in the vicinity of Constancia, near Coco River, northern Nicaragua, on 24 April 1932. While the patrol was in formation on the trail searching for a bandit group with which contact had just previously been made, a rifle grenade fell from its carrier and struck a rock, igniting the detonator. Several men close to the grenade at the time were in danger. Corporal Truesdell, who was several yards away, could easily have sought cover and safety for himself. Knowing full well the grenade would explode within two or three seconds, he rushed for the grenade, grasped it in his right hand, and attempted to throw it away from the patrol. The grenade exploded in his hand, blowing it off and inflicting serious multiple wounds about his body. Corporal Truesdell, in taking the full shock of the explosion himself, saved the members of the patrol from loss of life or serious injury.
Born: 8/8/1906 at Lugoff, South Carolina
Home Town: Lugoff, South Carolina
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