Jake Allex, a corporal in the 131st Infantry, 33rd Infantry Division, earned the Medal of Honor during the Battle of Amiens in World War I. When his platoon leadership was killed, Allex took command and led his fellow soldiers in destroying a German machine gun nest. Allex personally killed five Germans, using his rifle butt when his bayonet snapped, and taking fifteen prisoners. Honor and remember him!

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