Monday 5 March 2018

A.M role model for the week. Mitchell Paige


Mitchell Paige
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2nd Lt. Mitchell Paige
Nickname(s) Mitch
Born August 31, 1918
Charleroi, Pennsylvania
Died November 15, 2003 (aged 85)
La Quinta, California
Place of burial Riverside National Cemetery
Allegiance United States of America
Service/branch United States Marine Corps
Years of service 1936–1959
Rank Colonel
Unit 2nd Battalion, 7th Marines
Battles/wars World War II
  • Battle of Guadalcanal
  • Cape Gloucester
Korean War
Awards Medal of Honor
Purple Heart
Presidential Unit Citation
Eagle Scout
Colonel Mitchell Paige (Serbian:Михајло Пејић/Mihajlo Pejić) (August 31, 1918 – November 15, 2003) was a United States Marine and a recipient of the Medal of Honor from World War II. He received this, the highest military honor awarded by the United States of America, for his actions at the Battle of Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands on October 26, 1942, where, after all of the other Marines in his platoon were killed or wounded, he operated four machine guns, singlehandedly stopping an entire Japanese regiment.

Thanks for being a hero Paige.
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