World War II Honoree

Nicholas Minue

Branch of Service

U.S. Army

Hometown

Carteret, New Jersey

Honored By

Ralph Bozorth

HE WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE CONGRESSIONAL MEDAL OF HONOR. PRIVATE, U.S. ARMY, COMPANY A, 6TH ARMORED INFANTRY, 1ST ARMORED DIVISION. PLACE AND DATE: NEAR MEDJEZELBAB, TUNISIA ON APRIL 28, 1943. ENTERED SERVICE AT: CARTERET, NEW JERSEY. CITATION: 'FOR DISTINGUISHING HIMSELF CONSPICUOUSLY BY GALLANTRY AND INTREPIDITY AT THE LOSS OF HIS LIFE ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY IN ACTION WITH THE ENEMY ON APRIL 28, 1943, IN THE VICINITY OF MEDJEZELBAB, TUNISIA. WHEN THE ADVANCE OF THE ASSAULT ELEMENTS OF COMPANY A WAS HELD UP BY FLANKING FIRE FROM AN ENEMY MACHINE GUN NEST, HE VOLUNTARILY, ALONE, AND UNHESITATINGLY, WITH COMPLETE DISREGARD OF HIS OWN WELFARE, CHARGED THE ENEMY ENTRENCHED POSITION WITH FIXED BAYONET. HE ASSAULTED THE ENEMY UNDER A WITHERING MACHINE GUN AND RIFLE FIRE, KILLING APPROXIMATELY 10 ENEMY MACHINE GUNNERS AND RIFLEMEN. AFTER COMPLETELY DESTROYING THIS POSITION, HE CONTINUED FORWARD, ROUTING ENEMY RIFLEMEN FROM DUGOUT POSITIONS UNTIL HE WAS FATALLY WOUNDED. THE COURAGE, FEARLESSNESS AND AGGRESSIVENESS DISPLAYED BY HIM IN THE FACE OF INEVITABLE DEATH WAS UNQUESTIONABLY THE FACTOR THAT GAVE HIS COMPANY THE OFFENSIVE SPIRIT THAT WAS NECESSARY FOR ADVANCING AND DRIVING THE ENEMY FROM THE ENTIRE SECTOR.'