Photo of Medal of Honor Recipient Russel Steindam

First Lieutenant Steindam led members of his platoon on a night ambush operation. On the way to the ambush site, suspected enemy movement was detected on one flank and the platoon's temporary position was subjected to intense small arms and automatic weapons fire as well as a fusillade of hand and rocket-propelled grenades. After the initial barrage, First Lieutenant Steindam ordered fire placed on the enemy position and the wounded men were moved to a shallow bomb crater. As he directed the return fire against the enemy from his exposed position, a fragmentation grenade was thrown into the site occupied by his command group. Instantly realizing the extreme gravity of the situation, First Lieutenant Steindam shouted a warning to alert his fellow soldiers in the immediate vicinity. Then, unhesitatingly and with complete disregard for his safety, he deliberately threw himself on the grenade, absorbing the full and fatal force of the explosion as it detonated.

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