FReeper Canteen ~ Hall of Heroes: Junior J Spurrier ~ 26 August 2024

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[Kathy in Alaska]

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Junior J. Spurrier

Info from here.

           

Junior James Spurrier, born James I. Spurrier, Jr., was a United States Army soldier who received America's highest military decoration葉he Medal of Honor庸or his actions in World War II.

James I. Spurrier, Jr. was born on December 14, 1922, in Russell County, Kentucky. In September 1940, he enlisted in the Army. Spurrier filled his name in the wrong blanks, so he became "Junior J. Spurrier" to the Army. Near Lay St. Christopher, France, he earned the Distinguished Service Cross. He had spearheaded an assault on a stubbornly defended hill position. On a tank destroyer, he used a .50-caliber machine gun to kill over 12 Germans and captured 22 others. He climbed down to personally blow up bunkers with rifle fire and grenades.

On November 13, 1944, while serving as a Staff Sergeant with Company G, 134th Infantry, 35th Infantry Division, Spurrier fought Germans in Achain, Moselle, France. Repeatedly, Spurrier wandered into the command post with prisoners, replenished his ammo, then slipped out the door. Junior J. Spurrier earned the Medal of Honor for nearly single-handedly capturing the village of Achain that day. He received the Medal of Honor on March 6, 1945 from Lt. Gen. William Hood Simpson.

Spurrier had a very turbulent life after the war. He had a severe problem with alcohol, was discharged from the Army in 1951, and served two jail sentences.

He is buried in Mountain Home National Cemetery, Johnson City, Tennessee.

On Dec. 02 2011, Spurrier's Medal Of Honor was returned to his family after being located by Chief Craig Corkrean, in a safe belonging to his father.

Staff Sergeant Spurrier's official Medal of Honor citation reads:

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty in action against the enemy at Achain, France, on 13 November 1944. At 2 p.m., Company G attacked the village of Achain from the east. S/Sgt. Spurrier armed with a BAR passed around the village and advanced alone. Attacking from the west, he immediately killed 3 Germans. From this time until dark, S/Sgt. Spurrier, using at different times his BAR and Ml rifle, American and German rocket launchers, a German automatic pistol, and handgrenades, continued his solitary attack against the enemy regardless of all types of small-arms and automatic-weapons fire. As a result of his heroic actions he killed an officer and 24 enlisted men and captured 2 officers and 2 enlisted men. His valor has shed fresh honor on the U.S. Armed Forces.

 

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[SkyDancer]

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[Kathy in Alaska]

I posted on the wrong day!! OOPS!

[Kathy in Alaska]

Good evening, Janey...I’m a day off for posting.

Going to post the proper Sunday Chapel thread now. I thought today was Sunday. DUH!!

[SkyDancer]

Fiddle - it’ll carry over until tomorrow, you get two days out of it. :D

[SkyDancer]

PS: At least I got in first LOL

[dfwgator]

Wonder if he’s related to the Old Head Ball Coach?

[Red Badger]

How about tonight we do songs with the word ‘FLY’ in the title?.............

[Red Badger]

I wondered the same thing!..............

[Kathy in Alaska]

I usually go into work on Saturday and get home just in time to post the Sunday Chapel. I didn’t go in today and look at the mess I created.

I will add “Fly” to the list of thread titles. d:o)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Spurrier had a turbulent and remarkable life after the military. He had a difficult time adjusting to civilian life, possibly due to posttraumatic stress disorder, and had several run-ins with the law in Virginia and Maryland. He eventually served three jail sentences, being released for the last time in 1969. Spurrier became a teetotaler, ran a radio and television repair business, and retired to a cabin in eastern Tennessee.

This thread is going to get pulled as I posted it a day early. Sorry for the screw up.

[SkyDancer]

Okay - a gospel song: I’ll Fly Away ....

[SkyDancer]

I vote for this gospel song: I’ll Fly Away.

[Red Badger]

A Disco song: Fly, Robin, Fly - Silver Convention.............

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wC_kCnm3GYQ

[Kathy in Alaska]

LOL! You get first tomorrow regardless.

[MoochPooch]

Gute voche, Kathy. (Typing this right after Shabbos here in NY.)

[Kathy in Alaska]

Gute voche, Mooch...I posted this thread a day early. *sigh*

Hope you are enjoying good weather.

It is starting to rain again. Lots of rain this summer after none in the spring. No complaints tho.

[Kathy in Alaska]

Posting on the correct day...

~ Hall of Heroes: Junior J Spurrier ~

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