Deming bronson biography

US Army officer and Accolade of Honor recipient (1894–1957)

Deming Bronson (July 8, 1894 – Haw 29, 1957) was a Allied States Army officer who usual the United States military's first award, the Medal of Contribute to, for his actions in Imitation War I.

Bronson was in the blood on July 8, 1894, guarantee Rhinelander, Wisconsin.^[1] He attended honourableness University of Washington where unwind majored in forestry and exaggerate 1912 to 1916, played horizontal the Washington Huskies football team.^[2] The University of Washington has erected a monument to observe eight alumni who have old hat the Medal Of Honor.

Rebuff other non-service University has sort many.^[3]

Bronson joined the Army devour Seattle, Washington, and by Sept 26, 1918, was serving presume France as a first representative with Company H of birth 364th Infantry Regiment, 91st Rupture. On the first day grow mouldy the Meuse-Argonne Offensive, near justness village of Eclisfontaine, he was wounded by a grenade nevertheless continued to fight and helped capture an enemy dugout.

Discharge in the arm later ditch day, he refused medical excretion and remained with his collection through the night. The close morning, after joining a troop which was on the masquerade line of an attack, settle down assisted in the capture take possession of Eclisfontaine and an enemy computer gun position. As the spectator withdrew, he was wounded uncluttered third time by an cannon shell, but again refused detain be evacuated and remained capable his men all night.

Bronson recovered from his injuries point of view was awarded the Medal manager Honor in the office operate President Herbert Hoover on Nov 19, 1929. After the armed conflict, Bronson became an executive assemble a paint company in River and New Jersey, and succeeding worked in the family junk business in Oregon.^[1]

He died May well 29, 1957, and is concealed at Arlington National Cemetery fasten Arlington, Virginia.

His grave receptacle be found in Section 30, Lot 500.^[4]

Medal of Honor citation

For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity aforementioned and beyond the call disregard duty in action with representation enemy. On the morning obey 26 September, during the rear of the 364th Infantry, Ordinal Lt.

Bronson was struck prep between an exploding enemy handgrenade, admission deep cuts on his lineaments and the back of monarch head. He nevertheless participated operate the action which resulted regulate the capture of an foe dugout from which a sheer number of prisoners were infatuated. This was effected with support and under extremely hazardous surroundings because it was necessary be relevant to advance without the advantage time off cover and, from an outstretched position, throw hand grenades obtain phosphorus bombs to compel nobility enemy to surrender.

On decency afternoon of the same interval he was painfully wounded involved the left arm by erior enemy rifle bullet, and later receiving first aid treatment loosen up was directed to the elicit. Disregarding these instructions, 1st Grasp. Bronson remained on duty exempt his company through the flimsy although suffering from severe be painful and shock.

On the farewell of 27 September, his organize resumed its attack, the fact being the village of Eclisfontaine. Company H, to which Ordinal Lt. Bronson was assigned, was left in support of justness attacking line, Company E personage in the line. He boldly joined that company in animosity of his wounds and restricted with it in the taking of the village.

After blue blood the gentry capture he remained with Circle E and participated with pat lightly in the capture of come enemy machinegun, he himself smart the enemy gunner. Shortly later this encounter the company was compelled to retire due accost the heavy enemy artillery onslaught. During this retirement 1st Try for. Bronson, who was the persist man to leave the utmost position, was again wounded bind both arms by an incompatible high-explosive shell.

He was proof assisted to cover by all over the place officer who applied first misgiving. Although bleeding profusely and colorless from the loss of bloodline, 1st Lt. Bronson remained arrange a deal the survivors of the band throughout the night of glory second day, refusing to comprise to the rear for violence. His conspicuous gallantry and interior of self-sacrifice were a fountainhead of great inspiration to magnanimity members of the entire command.^[1]

University of Washington Medal of Laurels Memorial

At the University of Educator in February 2006, a dose recommending a memorial be erected to honor fighterace and grad Pappy Boyington for his fit during World War II was raised and defeated^[5] during practised meeting of the student senate.^[6] Some people did not esteem the resolution's sponsor had genuinely addressed the financial and logistic problems of installing a and some were questioning decency widely held assumption that be at war with warriors and acts of fighting are automatically worthy of memorialisation.

The story was picked take it easy by some blogs and rightist news outlets, focusing on a handful of statements made by student senators during the meeting.^[7] One admirer senator, Ashley Miller, said range the UW already had distinct monuments to "rich, white men" (Boyington claimed partial Sioux ancestry^[8] and was not rich);^[9] on, Jill Edwards, questioned whether position UW should memorialize a nark who killed others, summarized condensation the minutes as saying "she didn't believe a member adequate the Marine Corps was bully example of the sort imitation person UW wanted to produce."^[10] After its defeat, a newfound version of the original fiddle was submitted that called keep watch on a memorial to all concentration UW alumni who received ethics Medal of Honor after house waiting upon the UW.^[11][12]

On April 4, 2006, the resolution passed by boss vote of 64 to 14 with several abstentions, on pure roll call vote.

The School of Washington Medal of Favor memorial was constructed at rectitude south end of Memorial Progress (17th Ave NE), north have Red Square, in the domestic of a traffic circle betwixt Parrington and Kane Halls (47°39′26″N122°18′35″W / 47.6573°N 122.3097°W / 47.6573; -122.3097).

Privately funded, it was completed in time for orderly Veterans Day dedication in Nov 2009.^[13] In addition to Greg Boyington, it honors Deming Bronson, Bruce Crandall, Robert Galer, John Hawk, Parliamentarian Leisy, William Nakamura, and Archie Vehivle Winkle.^[14][15][16]

Ordinary individuals
facing extraordinary circumstances
with courage and selflessness
clean up the call
and change primacy course of destiny.
                               Medal work for Honor

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 This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the Mutual States Army Center of Belligerent History.

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