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![Dentist by trade, by 1944 he had been promoted to Captain serving as regimental dental officer for the and Battalion, 105th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division. After the Capt. Ben L. Salomon - ) Dentist by trade, by 1944 he had been promoted to Captain serving as regimental dental officer for the and Battalion, 105th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division. After the Capt. Ben L. Salomon - )](https://imageproxy.ifunny.co/resize:320x,crop:x800,quality:90x75/images/0ddb9a30fa3ee8e0b86c1704e3af6428a8893dab807056d097a9a91b3a1f8468_3.jpg)
Dentist by trade, by 1944 he had been promoted to Captain serving as regimental dental officer for the and Battalion, 105th Infantry Regiment, 27th Infantry Division. After the Capt. Ben L. Salomon - )
US Army Medical Department Center of History and Heritage - 07 JUL 1944: CPT Ben Salomon was killed in action at Saipan while defending patients. He was later awarded the Medal of
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TIL US Army dentist Ben L. Salomon was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for providing a rear-guard action during the Battle of Saipan. His body was found laying on his machine
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