"He displayed conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the
call of duty. When his platoon was stopped by deadly fire from a
strongly defended ridge, he directed men to points where they could
cover his attack. Then through the vicious machine gun and automatic
fire, crawling forward alone, he suddenly jumped up, hurled his
grenades, charged the enemy, and drove them into the open where his
squad shot them down. Seeing enemy survivors about to man a machine gun, he fired his rifle at point-blank range, hurled himself upon them, and
killed the remaining 4. Before dawn the next day, the enemy
counterattacked fiercely to retake the position. Sgt. Muller crawled
forward through the flying bullets and explosives, then leaping to his
feet, hurling grenades and firing his rifle, he charged the Japs and
routed them. As he moved into his foxhole shared with 2 other men, a
lone enemy, who had been feigning death, threw a grenade. Quickly seeing
the danger to his companions, Sgt. Muller threw himself over it and
smothered the blast with his body. Heroically sacrificing his life to
save his comrades, he upheld the highest traditions of the military
service."
From Sgt. Muller's Medal of Honor citation, awarded on July 17, 1946.
May you be at peace,
Brian & Mel
The Joseph E. Muller Bridge is a crossing of the Connecticut River in Western Massachusetts.
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