Nicholas Minue
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Nicholas Minue (died 28 April 1943) received the Medal of Honor for military service on behalf of the United States of America in World War II. He received this recognition for charging a group of German soldiers that had a machine-gun position near Medjez El Bab, Tunisia. He died during the charge.
Born in Sedden, Poland, he enlisted in the U.S. Army in Carteret, New Jersey. He served in Company A, 6th Armored Infantry Regiment 1st Armored Division. He is buried in the North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial in Carthage, Tunisia.
[edit] Citation
For distinguishing himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the loss of his life above and beyond the call of duty in action with the enemy on 28 April 1943, in the vicinity of MedjezelBab, Tunisia. When the advance of the assault elements of Company A was held up by flanking fire from an enemy machine gun nest, Pvt. Minue voluntarily, alone, and unhesitatingly, with complete disregard of his own welfare, charged the enemy entrenched position with fixed bayonet. Pvt. Minue assaulted the enemy under a withering machine gun and rifle fire, killing approximately 10 enemy machine gunners and riflemen. After completely destroying this position, Pvt. Minue continued forward, routing enemy riflemen from dugout positions until he was fatally wounded. The courage, fearlessness and aggressiveness displayed by Pvt. Minue in the face of inevitable death was unquestionably the factor that gave his company the offensive spirit that was necessary for advancing and driving the enemy from the entire sector.
[edit] Trivia
In the 1980's a car ferry in New York was named after Pvt. Minue. This ferry appeared in the TV murder mystery Mike Hammer in the episode More Than Murder (IMDB).
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