Medal of Honor Monday: Francis S. Currey

Men serving above and beyond the call of duty.

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Episode Transcript

Speaker 1 (00:00):
Your holster is way more important than you think it is.
It's just way more important than you think it is.
What look, and I get that. The holsters not the
sexy part of carrying firearms. All right, You want to
talk about your weapon and your ammunition. You want to
talk about your safety training. You want to talk about
how you did at the range. Oh, look at my groups.
I was doing these failure drills today, and all that

(00:21):
stuff is really important. I mean, really really important. I'm
not discounting that, but I've known so many people who
do all those things. They take all the necessary steps
and then they carry with a holster they bought from
a big box hunting store that was made a thousand
at a time. Please don't put your life in one
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because it's all custom made gear. It's the only thing
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percent off. This is mister Francis S. Curry, US Army
born in Locke, Shell Drake, New York, June twenty ninth,

(01:08):
nineteen twenty five. He was an automatic rifleman with the
third Platoon defending a strong point near Amalmady, Belgium, on
a twenty first to December nineteen twenty four, nineteen forty four,
him sorry when the enemy launched a powerful attack, overrunning
tank destroyers and anti tank guns located near the strong point.
German tanks advanced at the third Platoon's position, and after

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prolonged fighting, forced the withdrawal of this group to a
nearby factory. Sergeant Curry found a bazooka in the building
and crossed the street to secure rockets. Meanwhile, and during
intense fire from enemy tanks and hostile infantrymen who had
taken up a position at a house at a house
a short distance away, in the face of small arms,

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machine gun and artillery fire, Key with the companion knocked
out a tank with one shot. Moved to another position.
He observed three German tanks in the three Germans in
the doorway of an enemy held house. He killed or
wounded all three of them with this automatic rifle. He
emerged from cover and advanced alone within fifty yards of

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the house, intent on wrecking it with rockets. Covered by
friendly fire, he stood erect and fired a shot which
knocked down half of one wall. While in this forward position,
he observed five Americans who'd been pinned down for hours
by fire from the house and three tanks. Realizing they
could not escape until the enemy tank and infantry guns

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had been silenced, Sergeant Curry crossed the street to a
vehicle where he procured an armful of anti tank grenades.
These he launched while under heavy enemy fire, driving the
tankman from the vehicles into the house. He then climb
climbed onto a half truck in full view of the Germans,
and fired a machine gun at the house. Oh I'm

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not done. Once again, changing his position, he manned another
machine gun whose crew had been killed Under his covering fire.
The five soldiers were able to retire to safety. Deprived
of tanks and with heavy infantry casualties, the enemy was
fourth to withdraw. Through his extensive knowledge of weapons and
by his heroic and repeated braving of murderous enemy fire,

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Sergeant Curry was greatly responsible for inflicting heavy losses in
men and material on the enemy, for rescuing five comrades,
two of whom were wounded, and for stemming an attack
which threatened to flank his battalion's position. Mister Francis S. Currel,
I did not look this up, Chris tells me. Did

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he die at ninety four? He's still alive at ninety four, Chris,
he died at ninety four back in New York. Lived
fight another day. Does not hurt to a member who
the great people in our society are and have been
in the people who are responsible for the world we
live in today, for the nation we inherited it. You

(04:02):
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And I would fail time and time and time again.

(04:24):
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