Photo #: NH 105856
Corporal Anthony P. Damato, USMC
Halftone reproduction of a photograph, copied from the official
publication "Medal of Honor, 1861-1949, The Navy",
page 171.
Anthony P. Damato was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor
for "conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity" while serving
with the Second Battalion, Twenty-Second Marines, Fifth Amphibious
Corps during battle against the Japanese on Engebi Island, Eniwetok
Atoll, Marshall Islands on 19-20 February 1944. When an undetected
enemy approached his foxhole and threw in a grenade, Damato covered
it with his body and absorbed the blast, sacrificing himself
to save his comrades.
U.S. Naval Historical Center Photograph.
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