Period:

Second World War (1939-1945)

Rank:

Technical Sergeant

Unit:

Company F, 442nd Regimental Combat Team, 36th Infantry Division "Arrowhead", U.S. Army

Awarded on:

February 22nd, 1945

Abraham G. Ohama, Technical Sergeant, Inf, Company F, 442d Regimental Combat Team, for gallantry in action on 20 October 1944 in the vicinity of Bruyeres, France. While making a forward reconnaissance to determine the enemy's disposition, Sergeant Ohama and his men encountered machine gun fire in the vicinity of emplacements occupied by one of the forward companies. Placing his men under cover he crawled to within 20 yards from the enemy and threw two hand grenades which neutralized the machine gun nest. When another machine gun opened fire upon him, he momentarily silenced it with his sub-machine gun and then completely put it out of action with hand grenades. Subsequently, when a comrade was wounded and left exposed to further injury, he disregarded enemy sniper fire to go to his aid, and as he reached the fallen man's side was mortally wounded.

Awarded posthumously
Headquarters, Sixth Army Group, General Orders No. 10, (February 22, 1945).