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Medal of Honor Recipients affiliated with USC - Veterans Services @ USC - Research Guides at University of Southern California
![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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