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Mabatang, Philippines, 0830 hours, 12
January 1942: The 1st Battalion
rode out the initial Japanese offensive facing little action on
their front, enabling the unit to provide support for Colonel
Fry’s more heavily engaged units. The commander of 1st Platoon,
A Company, Second Lieutenant Alexander R. Nininger, led his men
through the night, moving from hole to hole, facing nothing more
than occasional sniper fire. Nininger, a West Point-trained, 23
year-old, was born to be a warrior and had no intention of letting
enemy snipers go unpunished. During the morning of January 12th,
Nininger directed his men to fire into the woods’ edge, where
he suspected enemy snipers were lurking. He then gathered stragglers
from 3rd Battalion, and along with his men headed into the dense
vegetation to root out the Japanese. Enemy fire sent Nininger
and his men back out of the brush. Undaunted, he ordered his charges
to push back, and they attacked again. When the young lieutenant
was wounded he continued to encourage his men to move forward,
even managing to work his way to the front. The 23 year-old warrior
refused evacuation, declined medical help, and went back at it,
rallying his soldiers for a third push. This time he personally
took the point, throwing hand grenades and killing Japanese soldiers
as he inexorably moved ever onward. At about noon on the 12th
the valiant lieutenant finally succumbed to his wounds. For his
actions 2nd Lieutenant Alexander R. Nininger posthumously received
the first Congressional Medal of Honor awarded during World War
II. His, he first Medal of Honor awarded during World War 2 was
not the first to be won, although Second Lieutenant Alexander
R. Nininger was not aware of the distinction nor is it suspected
would he have cared.
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