![TIL US Army dentist Ben L. Salomon was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for providing a rear-guard action during the Battle of Saipan. His body was found laying on his machine TIL US Army dentist Ben L. Salomon was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for providing a rear-guard action during the Battle of Saipan. His body was found laying on his machine](https://b.thumbs.redditmedia.com/TVl1piIAxJhOtbmRdlR2eZ75oOPlboMGeC1pR7RU8uI.jpg)
TIL US Army dentist Ben L. Salomon was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for providing a rear-guard action during the Battle of Saipan. His body was found laying on his machine
US Army Medical Department Center of History and Heritage - 07 JUL 1944: CPT Ben Salomon was killed in action at Saipan while defending patients. He was later awarded the Medal of
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![He was a US Army dentist. He was shot 24 times defending an aid station from the Japanese. But he killed up to 98 attackers, allowing the wounded to be evacuated He was a US Army dentist. He was shot 24 times defending an aid station from the Japanese. But he killed up to 98 attackers, allowing the wounded to be evacuated](https://ww2live.com/sites/default/files/Benjamin%20L.%20Salomon%202.jpg)
He was a US Army dentist. He was shot 24 times defending an aid station from the Japanese. But he killed up to 98 attackers, allowing the wounded to be evacuated
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