Archer T Gammon MOH. The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pride in presenting the Medal of Honor
(Posthumously) to Staff Sergeant Archer T. Gammon (ASN: 33156688), United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity in action above and beyond the call of duty on 11 January 1945, while serving with Company A, 9th Armored Infantry Battalion, 6th Armored Division, in action at Bastogne, Belgium. Staff Sergeant Gammon charged 30 yards through hip‐deep snow to knock out a machinegun and its three‐man crew with grenades, saving his platoon from being decimated and allowing it to continue its advance from an open field into some nearby woods. The platoon’s advance through the woods had only begun when a machinegun supported by riflemen opened fire and a Tiger Royal tank sent 88‐mm. shells screaming at the unit from the left flank. Staff Sergeant Gammon, disregarding all thoughts of personal safety, rushed forward, then cut to the left, crossing the width of the platoon’s skirmish line in an attempt to get within grenade range of the tank and its protecting foot troops. Intense fire was concentrated on him by riflemen and the machinegun  emplaced near the tank. He charged the automatic weapon, wiped out its crew of four with grenades, and, with supreme daring, advanced to within 25 yards of the armored vehicle, killing two hostile infantry‐men with rifle fire as he moved forward. The tank had started to withdraw, backing a short distance, then firing, backing some more, and then stopping to blast out another round, when the man whose single‐handed relentless attack had put the ponderous machine on the defensive was struck and instantly killed by a direct hit from the Tiger Royal’s heavy gun. By his intrepidity and extreme devotion to the task of driving the enemy back no matter what the odds, Staff Sergeant Gammon cleared the woods of German forces, for the tank continued to withdraw, leaving open the path for the gallant squad leader’s platoon.