Russell Dunham, 89; Awarded Medal of Honor in World War II (Died)

AP ^ | April 8, 2009 | Joe Holley

[HighWheeler]

Russell Dunham, a World War II Army veteran who received the Medal of Honor, the military's highest decoration for valor, after he assaulted three German machine gun emplacements, killed nine German soldiers and took two prisoners on a snowy morning in 1945, died Monday at his home in Godfrey, Ill., of congestive heart failure. He was 89.

On Jan. 8, 1945, Tech. Sgt. Dunham's company, part of the 3rd Infantry Division, was facing a formidable German force at the small town of Kayserberg, France, on the Franco-German border. The men were issued white mattress covers as camouflage in the deep snow.

Heavily armed, Dunham scrambled 75 yards up a snow-covered hill toward three German machine gun emplacements. He took out the first bunker with a grenade.

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[E.G.C.]

BTTT

[StarCMC]

Thanks for this post.

Thank you, Mr. Dunham for your service to our country. Welcome Home, sir.

[tajgirvan]

Thank you for posting that for us! I will sent it to my beloved Mother. This is important news that we will NOT hear or see or where else! May God Bless & Comfort Mr. Dunham’s family!