BART, FRANK J. - Medal of Honor Recipient
Rank and organization: Private, U.S. Army, Company C, 9th Infantry,
2d Division. Place and date: Near Medeah Ferme, France, 3 October 1918.
Entered service at: Newark, N.J. Birth: New York, N.Y. G.O. No.: 16, W.D.,
1919. Citation: Pvt. Bart, being on duty as a company runner, when the
advance was held up by machinegun fire voluntarily picked up an automatic
rifle, ran out ahead of the line, and silenced a hostile machinegun nest,
killing the German gunners. The advance then continued, and when it was
again hindered shortly afterward by another machinegun nest this courageous
soldier repeated his bold exploit by putting the second machinegun out
of action.
This data was extracted from the Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. Senate, Medal of Honor Recipients: 1863-1973 (Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1973)
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