Nassau County NyArchives Military Records.....Turner, William Bradford 1918
WWI 105th Infantry, 27th Division
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Congressional Medal Of Honor Citation
    William Bradford Turner, first lieutenant, 105th Infantry, 27th Division.
For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty in
action with the enemy near Ronssoy, France, September 27, 1918. He led a small
group of men to the attack, under terrific artillery and machine-gun fire, after
they had become separated from the rest of the company in the darkness.
Single-handed he rushed an enemy machine gun which had suddenly opened fire on
his group and killed the crew with his pistol. He then pressed forward to
another machine-gun post 25 yards away and had killed one gunner himself by the
time the remainder of his detachment arrived and put the gun out of action. With
the utmost bravery he continued to lead his men over three lines of hostile
trenches, cleaning up each one as they advanced, regardless of the fact that he
had been wounded three times, and killed several of the enemy in hand-to-hand
encounters. After his pistol ammunition was exhausted, this gallant officer
seized the rifle of a dead soldier, bayoneted several members of a machine-gun
crew, and shot the other. Upon reaching the fourth line trench, which was his
objective, Lieut. Turner captured it with the nine men remaining in his group
and resisted a hostile counterattack until he was finally surrounded and killed.
Emergency address: Charles P. Turner; brother, 92 Fourth Street, Garden City,
Long Island, N. Y. Residence at appointment: 92 Fourth Street, Garden City, Long
Island, N. Y.

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CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR
THE DISTINGUISHED SERVICE CROSS
AND THE
DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL
ISSUED BY THE WAR DEPARTMENT
Since April 6, 1917
Up to and including
General Orders, No. 126, War Department, November 11, 1919

COMPILED IN THE OFFICE OF THE ADJUTANT GENERAL OF THE ARMY
WASHINGTON
GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
1920


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