Charles H. Coolidge

Charles Henry Coolidge (August 4, 1921 – April 6, 2021) was a United States Army technical sergeant and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in France during World War II. At the time of his death, Coolidge was the only surviving Medal of Honor recipient from the European theater of the war, and the only surviving honoree to have received the Medal of Honor during the war (with Hershel W. Williams receiving the medal after the war on October 5, 1945).

Charles H. Coolidge

Charles Henry Coolidge (August 4, 1921 – April 6, 2021) was a United States Army technical sergeant and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration for valor, the Medal of Honor, for his actions in France during World War II. At the time of his death, Coolidge was the only surviving Medal of Honor recipient from the European theater of the war, and the only surviving honoree to have received the Medal of Honor during the war (with Hershel W. Williams receiving the medal after the war on October 5, 1945).