Medal of Honor Monday: Army Pfc. Foster J. Sayers
November 11, 2024
November 11, 2024
WASHINGTON, Nov. 11 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news:
When a hillside full of Germans threatened to annihilate Army Pfc. Foster Joseph Sayers' exposed company in France during World War II, he took action and singlehandedly killed about a dozen enemy soldiers to help his comrades survive. Sayers lost his life in the chaos, but his heroics led him to receive the Medal of Honor.
Sayers was born to a single mother, Alice Sayers, on April 27, 192 . . .
When a hillside full of Germans threatened to annihilate Army Pfc. Foster Joseph Sayers' exposed company in France during World War II, he took action and singlehandedly killed about a dozen enemy soldiers to help his comrades survive. Sayers lost his life in the chaos, but his heroics led him to receive the Medal of Honor.
Sayers was born to a single mother, Alice Sayers, on April 27, 192 . . .