A Hero PassesCongressional Medal of Honor winner
Ernest Childers has died.
"It was during World War II that he performed an act of heroism that proved to be nothing short of remarkable. In September of 1943, confronted by a barrage of Nazi machine gun fire, then-First Lt. Childers and his eight men charged a hill controlled by enemy forces. He suffered a broken foot in the attack, but would not be deterred. Despite the pain, he advanced on the German position, single-handedly killing two enemy snipers and attacking a machine gun nest.
"Childers fought on. Crawling on his stomach, he managed to silence a second machine gun nest and captured an enemy mortar observer. First Lt. Childers received the Medal of Honor in April of 1944."