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SGT RUSSELL DUNHAM
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SGT RUSSELL DUNHAM
ORAL HISTORY BRIEF
BY SGT WATTS
T/SGT Russell E. Dunham
1920 - 2009
QUESTIONS?
References:
Jersey County, IL. GenWeb
New York Times Obituary, April 10, 2009
Washingtonpost.com
Warfoto.com
Awarded the Medal of Honor by LtGen A.M. Patch on April 22, 1945
Medals
Medal of Honor
Purple Heart
Silver Star
Bronze Star
Croix de Guerre
and The Encore...
- Two weeks later - surrounded by German tanks in Holtzwihr, France
- Most surrendered, but Dunham delayed capture
- Escaped on foot and found by
Army Engineers with frozen feet
Execution
- Crawled ~ 75 yds under direct heavy fire
- Almost immediately shot in the back
- Fired M1 Carbine and threw hand grenades to wipe out
4 separate machine-gun nests
- Quoted for saying, "I got so close to the German gunner that I saw right into his eyes."
T/SGT Dunham's Solution
- "The only way to go is up."
- Camouflage and extra ammo
- Charge the machine-gun nests
and take the hill
RISK ASSESSMENT
The Epic Results
- Slips, Trips, and Falls
- Environmental Concerns
- Fire Plan
- Active Shooter Plan
Situation
- Fired 175 rounds and 11 grenades
- Single-handed German tally:
- 9 killed
- 7 wounded
- 2 captured
- Actions resulted in nearly 30
other German captures
- Saved ~ 120 U.S. Soldiers
- January 8, 1945 - WWII
- Led PLT in 30th Infantry, 3rd ID
- Hill 616 at Kaysersberg in the Alsace-Lorraine region of France
- German machine gunners and rifleman above, Artillery behind
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