Oldest US Medal of Honour recipient from Second World War dies
The oldest US Medal of Honour recipient from the Second World War, has died aged 100.
Retired Navy Lt John Finn enlisted in the Navy just before his 17th birthday and went on to become the first man to receive America's highest military award for heroism during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941, according to a Navy statement.
Despite head wounds and other injuries, Finn, the chief of ordnance for an air squadron, continuously fired a .50-calibre machine gun from an exposed position as bullets and bombs pounded the Naval Air Station at Kaneohe Bay in Oahu. He then supervised the rearming of returning American planes.
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Retired Navy Lt John Finn enlisted in the Navy just before his 17th birthday and went on to become the first man to receive America's highest military award for heroism during the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on Dec 7, 1941, according to a Navy statement.
Despite head wounds and other injuries, Finn, the chief of ordnance for an air squadron, continuously fired a .50-calibre machine gun from an exposed position as bullets and bombs pounded the Naval Air Station at Kaneohe Bay in Oahu. He then supervised the rearming of returning American planes.