Staff Sergeant Jesse Drowley earned the Medal of Honor on Bouganville when ran across open ground to get armored support, and then directed the tank’s fire to destroy a Japanese bunker, though badly wounded himself. He was shot in the chest but refused to be evacuated until the bunker was destroyed. 

From Spokane, Washington, Drowley survived his wounds and received the Medal of Honor on September 5, 1944 from President Roosevelt. Honor and remember him!