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Press Conference for Ms. Elsie Shemin-Roth Accepting the Medal of Honor for Her Father Sgt. William Shemin

Defense Media Activity - Army Productions

May 20, 2015 | 20:52

The Missouri National Guard Public Affairs Office hosted a press conference for the daughter of Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. William Shemin at the Jewish Federation of St. Louis. Sgt. Shemin received the Medal of Honor posthumously for his courage, his daughter, Elsie Shemin-Roth, is accepting on his behalf.

Sgt. Shemin received the Medal of Honor posthumously for his courageous actions while serving as a rifleman with G Company, 2d Battalion, 47th Infantry Regiment, 4th Division, American Expeditionary Forces, in connection with combat operations against an armed enemy on the Vesle River, near Bazoches, France from August 7 to August 9, 1918. Sgt. Shemin left cover and crossed open space, repeatedly exposing himself to heavy machine-gun and rifle fire, to rescue wounded. After Officers and Senior Noncommissioned Officers had become casualties, Sgt. Shemin took command of the platoon and displayed great initiative under fire until wounded on August 9.

Ms. Elsie Shemin-Roth of Webster Grove, Missouri, will join the President at the White House to accept the Medal of Honor on her father's behalf on June 2nd.