A little note side note on the map Merderet

KAMIKAZE MadMax

1. Merderet is a river....
2. There was an actual battle there....
3. Here's the proof... accolades to Medalofhonor.com for keeping our nations heroes remembered...

*DEGLOPPER, CHARLES N.

Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Army, Co. C, 325th Glider Infantry, 82d Airborne Division. Place and date: Merderet River at la Fiere, France, 9 June 1944. Entered service at: Grand Island, N.Y. Birth: Grand Island, N.Y. G.O. No.: 22, 28 February 1946. Citation: He was a member of Company C, 325th Glider Infantry, on 9 June 1944 advancing with the forward platoon to secure a bridgehead across the Merderet River at La Fiere, France. At dawn the platoon had penetrated an outer line of machineguns and riflemen, but in so doing had become cut off from the rest of the company. Vastly superior forces began a decimation of the stricken unit and put in motion a flanking maneuver which would have completely exposed the American platoon in a shallow roadside ditch where it had taken cover. Detecting this danger, Pfc. DeGlopper volunteered to support his comrades by fire from his automatic rifle while they attempted a withdrawal through a break in a hedgerow 40 yards to the rear. Scorning a concentration of enemy automatic weapons and rifle fire, he walked from the ditch onto the road in full view of the Germans, and sprayed the hostile positions with assault fire. He was wounded, but he continued firing. Struck again, he started to fall; and yet his grim determination and valiant fighting spirit could not be broken. Kneeling in the roadway, weakened by his grievous wounds, he leveled his heavy weapon against the enemy and fired burst after burst until killed outright. He was successful in drawing the enemy action away from his fellow soldiers, who continued the fight from a more advantageous position and established the first bridgehead over the Merderet. In the area where he made his intrepid stand his comrades later found the ground strewn with dead Germans and many machineguns and automatic weapons which he had knocked out of action. Pfc. DeGlopper's gallant sacrifice and unflinching heroism while facing unsurmountable odds were in great measure responsible for a highly important tactical victory in the Normandy Campaign
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Violent Pacifist · Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2003 5:30 pm Post subject:

Every default map in dod is based off of an actual battle
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KAMIKAZE MadMax · Posted: Mon Nov 10, 2003 5:37 pm Post subject:

I know, but how many of the maps on DoD can say they had a Congressional Medal of Honor winner at the battle!! Prolly not many, but I know there probably is a couple, anyways, that was just for a side note thing for people to see about some our nations heroes. another side not I forgot to mention is his MOH was awarded Posthumously a few years back, 1 because of the descrimination against blacks back then, 2 he was killed at the battle.....well anyways, like I said a little side note for some of you Villians to see.

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