Edward Carter earned the Medal of Honor on this day in 1945. The Medal was bestowed posthumously in 1996.  

A missionaries’ son, Carter grew up in India and  Shanghai, China, was fluent in four languages and fought in China against the Japanese and in Spain for the republican cause before going the US Army in 1942. 

Carter volunteered for the infantry during the Battle of the Bulge and earned the Medal for actions near Speyer, Germany. Sadly, Carter was later denied reenlistment in 1949 over fears of communist sympathies because of his service with the Abraham Lincoln brigade in Spain. He is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.