On October 28, 1944 Staff Sgt. Lucian Adams and his company were moving through a forest near St. Die' France when they began to take fire from a series of German MG nests. Nine Americans were immediately killed our wounded, but that didn't stop Adams from sprinting towards the MG nests. Armed with his BAR, he zigzagged from tree to tree until he got to within point blank range of the first MG nest, killing everyone there. He kept doing so until he singlehandedly cleared the entire forest of MG nests, taking with him scores of German souls and earning the nickname Tornado from Texas.
After the action, Adams was told by messenger that he was recommended for the Medal of Honor. Since he had heard the same thing at Anzio, Italy when he single-handedly destroyed a German machine gun position, he didn't pay too much attention and continued on with his unit fighting their way into Germany. It wasn't until 1945 that he indeed, received the Medal. #hardfuck #ww2 #badass #stayzero #zerofoxtrot