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TIL Jose Calugas (Filipino, Philippine Scouts-US Army) earned the Medal of Honor in WWII; "all the cannoneers were killed or wounded. Sgt. Calugas, ... voluntarily and without orders ran 1,000 yards across the shell-swept area to the gun position ... and fired effectively against the enemy, ..."

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