Mitchell Paige
Military Person
1918 – 2003
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Who was Mitchell Paige?
Colonel Mitchell Paige U.S.M.C. was a recipient of the Medal of Honor from World War II. He received this, the highest military honor awarded by the United States of America, for his actions at the Battle of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands on October 26, 1942, where, after all of the other Marines in his platoon were killed or wounded, he operated four machine guns, singlehandedly stopping an entire Japanese regiment.
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- Born
- Aug 31, 1918
Charleroi - Ethnicity
- Serbian American
- Nationality
- United States of America
- Profession
- Education
- McKeesport Area High School
- Died
- Nov 15, 2003
La Quinta - Resting place
- Riverside National Cemetery
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on July 23, 2013
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