Remember John W. Finn this Memorial Day
On December 7, 1941 John W. Finn manned a .50 cal machine gun and fired it at attacking japanese warplanes for two hours. He was completely exposed and got hit by bullets and shrapnel 21 times. After getting medical attention he helped to rearm returning planes.
He passed away today at age 100, the last surviving Medal of Honor recipient from Pearl Harbor.
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For extraordinary heroism, distinguished service, and devotion above and beyond the call of duty. During the first attack by Japanese airplanes on the Naval Air Station, Kanoehe Bay, on 7 December 1941, Lieutenant Finn promptly secured and manned a 50-caliber machine gun mounted on an instruction stand in a completely exposed section of the parking ramp, which was under heavy enemy machine-gun strafing fire. Although painfully wounded many times, he continued to man this gun and to return the enemy's fire vigorously and with telling effect throughout the enemy strafing and bombing attacks and with complete disregard for his own personal safety. It was only by specific orders that he was persuaded to leave his post to seek medical attention. Following first-aid treatment, although obviously suffering much pain and moving with great difficulty, he returned to the squadron area and actively supervised the rearming of returning planes. His extraordinary heroism and conduct in this action were in keeping with the highest traditions of the United States Naval Service.
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