EVERETT C. KNIGHT, Staff Sergeant, Infantry, United States Army. For extraordinary heroism in action, on 4 October 1944, in the vicinity of Collina, Italy. When his platoon was stopped by intense enemy machinegun fire, Staff Sergeant Knight, accompanied by two of his men, advanced toward the hostile positions. One of his men was wounded by the heavy enemy fire. Leaving his remaining man to cover his approach, Staff Sergeant Knight continued his advance alone. Reaching a point fifteen yards from one of the enemy machine gun nests, he arose in full view of the enemy and fired his submachine fun into the enemy dugout, killing two Germans and wounding a third. He the whirled about and threw a hand grenade which killed the two Germans crawling toward him through a ditch. He next charged the second enemy dugout and captured two Germans. Staff Sergeant Knight called to the enemy in a third position to emerge and surrender. Heeding his demands, two more Germans surrendered to him. Singlehandedly, Staff Sergeant killed four and captured fire more of the enemy. The enemy machine guns silenced, the platoon was able to advance and take its objective. That evening when his company commander was captured by an enemy soldier, Staff Sergeant Knight opened fire with his submachine gun and killed the German, enabling the officer to escape. Staff Sergeant Knight’s aggressiveness, courage…[Editor’s note: Citation is unreadable at this point.]

Mr. Knight joined the L.O.V. in 1989 and resided in Mississippi.