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Thomas Baker (soldier)
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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Thomas A. Baker (June 25, 1916 ? July 7, 1944) was a United States Army soldier who received the U.S. military's highest decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in World War II during the Battle of Saipan. Baker joined the Army from his birth city of Troy, New York, and by June 19, 1944 was serving as a private in Company A of the 105th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division. On that day, on Saipan in the Marianas Islands, he advanced ahead of his unit with a bazooka and destroyed a Japanese emplacement which was firing on his company. Several days later, he single-handedly attacked and killed two groups of Japanese soldiers. On July 7, Baker's position came under attack by a large Japanese force. Although seriously wounded early in the attack, he refused to be evacuated and continued to fight in the close-range battle until running out of ammunition. When a comrade was wounded while trying to carry him to safety,
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- Titel Thomas Baker (soldier)
- Format Kartonierter Einband
- EAN 9786130428297
- Herausgeber Betascript Publishing
- Anzahl Seiten 144
- Editor Lambert M. Surhone, Miriam T. Timpledon, Susan F. Marseken
- Genre Geschichte
- GTIN 09786130428297
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