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2 unusual facts about Henry Schauer


Henry Schauer

Standing erect he walked deliberately 30 yards toward the enemy, stopped amid the fire from 4 rifles centered on him, and with 4 bursts from his BAR, each at a different range, killed all of the snipers.

Next morning, when shells from a German Mark VI tank and a machinegun only 100 yards distant again forced the patrol to seek cover, Pfc.


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Henry Schauer (1918–1997), U.S. Army soldier and recipient of the Medal of Honor (CVC)


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