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Born:  June 21, 1912 at Holdrege, NE

Entered Service in the US Army from Colorado Springs, CO

Earned The Medal of Honor During World War II For heroism November 11, 1943 at Mignano, Italy

Private First Class Lindstrom's platoon was furnishing machinegun support for a rifle company attacking a hill near Mignano, Italy, when the enemy counterattacked, forcing the riflemen and half the machinegun platoon to retire to a defensive position. PFC Lindstrom saw that his small section was alone and outnumbered five-to-one, yet he deployed the few remaining men into position and opened fire with his single gun. The enemy centered fire on him with machinegun, machine pistols, and grenades. Unable to knock out the enemy nest from his original position, PFC Lindstrom picked up his own heavy machinegun and staggered 15 yards up the barren, rocky hillside to a new position, completely ignoring enemy small arms fire which was striking all around him. From this new site, only ten yards from the enemy machinegun, he engaged it in an intense duel. Realizing that he could not hit the hostile gunners because they were behind a large rock, he charged uphill under a steady stream of fire, killed both gunners with his pistol and dragged their gun down to his own men, directing them to employ it against the enemy. Disregarding heavy rifle fire, he returned to the enemy machinegun nest for two boxes of ammunition, came back and resumed withering fire from his own gun.