As our march across the fifty states seeking a MoH awardee from each one continues, this week we find ourselves in Michigan.

Make the most of your day!

RJL

HAROLD A. FURLONG

Rank and Organization: First Lieutenant, U.S. Army, 353d Infantry, 89th Division. Place and Date: Near Bantheville, France, 1 November 1918. Entered Service At: Detroit, Mich. Birth: Pontiac, Mich. G. O. No.: 16, W.D., 1919.

Citation:
Immediately after the opening of the attack in the Bois-de-Bantheville, when his company was held up by severe machinegun fire from the front, which killed his company commander and several soldiers, 1st. Lt. Furlong moved out in advance of the line with great courage and coolness, crossing an open space several hundred yards wide. Taking up a position behind the line of the machineguns, he closed in on them, one at a time, killing a number of the enemy with his rifle, putting 4 machinegun nests out of action, and driving 20 German prisoners into our lines.