HEROIC CITIZEN

	Name of Hero: Mr. Ernest Childers
	Category of Heroic Deed: Military
	Approximate Date of Deed: 1/01/1943
	Hero's age at time of deed:
	Hero's Life Status: Unknown (on Data Base entry date)

Heroic Deed or Accomplishment:

A Creek Indian from Oklahoma, and a First Lieutenant 45th Infantry Division,did receive the Medal of Honor for his heroic action in 1943. When up against machine gun fire, he and eight men charged the enemy. Although suffering a broken foot in the assault,Childers ordered covering fire and advanced up the hill, single-handedly killing two snipers, and silencing two machine gun nests, and capturing an enemy mortar observer. Reprinted: By permission of the Navy Historical Center.