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Captain Chiles
earned the Medal of Honor for heroism near Le Champy Bas,
France, during intense assaults upon enemy positions. When his
battalion, of which he had just taken command, was halted by
machinegun fire from the front and left flank, he picked up the
rifle of a dead soldier and, calling on his men to follow led
the advance across a stream, waist deep, in the face of the
machinegun fire. Upon reaching the opposite bank he was
seriously wounded in the abdomen by a sniper, but before
permitting himself to be evacuated he made complete arrangements
for turning over his command to the next senior officer, and
under the inspiration of his fearless leadership his battalion
reached its objective. Captain Chiles died shortly after
reaching the hospital.
