Medal of Honor Monday: Army Cpl. Jake Allex
August 03, 2026
August 03, 2026
WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- The U.S. Department of War issued the following news:
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Medal of Honor Monday: Army Cpl. Jake Allex
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Army Cpl. Jake Allex earned the Medal of Honor for extraordinary courage while leading his men forward under heavy fire during the Battle of Amiens in World War I.
Allex was born Angelko Allex Mandushich July 13, 1887, in Streska, near Prizren, in the Kosovo Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire, present-day Kosov . . .
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Medal of Honor Monday: Army Cpl. Jake Allex
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Army Cpl. Jake Allex earned the Medal of Honor for extraordinary courage while leading his men forward under heavy fire during the Battle of Amiens in World War I.
Allex was born Angelko Allex Mandushich July 13, 1887, in Streska, near Prizren, in the Kosovo Vilayet of the Ottoman Empire, present-day Kosov . . .