The President of the United States
in the name of
The Congress
takes pleasure in presenting the
Medal of Honor
to
WHITE, EDWARD
Rank and Organization: Private, Company B, 20th
Kansas Volunteer Infantry. Place and Date: At Calumpit, Luzon, Philippine Islands,
27 April 1899. Entered Service At: Kansas City, Kans. Birth: Seneca, Kans. Date
of Issue: 11 March 1902.
Citation:
Swam the Rio Grande de Pampanga in face of the enemy's
fire and fastened a rope to occupied trenches, thereby enabling the crossing of the river
and the driving of the enemy from his fortified position.
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