"Leading a squad of Company L, he gallantly cleared the way for his
company's approach along a ridge toward its objective, the Casoni di Remagna. When his platoon was pinned down by heavy fire from enemy mortars, machine guns, machine pistols
and rifles, he climbed in advance of his squad on a maneuver around the
left flank to locate and eliminate the enemy gun positions. Undeterred
by deadly fire that ricocheted off the barren rocky hillside, he crept
to the rear of the first machine gun and charged, firing his sub-machine gun.
In this surprise attack he captured 8 prisoners and turned them over to
his squad before striking out alone for a second machine gun. Discovered
in his advance and subjected to direct fire from the hostile weapon, he
leaped to his feet and ran forward, weaving and crouching, pouring
automatic fire into the emplacement that killed 4 of its defenders and
forced the surrender of a lone survivor. He again moved forward through
heavy fire to attack a third machine gun. When close to the emplacement,
he closed with a nerve-shattering shout and burst of fire. Paralyzed by
his whirlwind attack, all 4 gunners immediately surrendered. Once more
advancing aggressively in the face of a thoroughly alerted enemy, he
approached a point of high ground occupied by 2 machine guns which were
firing on his company on the slope below. Charging the first of these
weapons, he killed 4 of the crew and captured 3 more. The 6 defenders of
the adjacent position, cowed by the savagery of his assault,
immediately gave up. By his l-man attack, heroically and voluntarily
undertaken in the face of tremendous risks, Sgt. Karaberis captured 5
enemy machine gun positions, killed 8 Germans, took 22 prisoners, cleared
the ridge leading to his company's objective, and drove a deep wedge
into the enemy line, making it possible for his battalion to occupy
important, commanding ground."
Taken from the Sgt.'s Medal of Honor citation, awarded on November 1, 1945.
Thank you for your service and may you be at peace,
Brian
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