William J. Crawford, New Mexico WWII Soldier Awarded Medal of Honor

William J. Crawford, New Mexico WWII Soldier Awarded Medal of Honor

Dec 11 , 2025

Infidel Co.

The air was thick with smoke and the crack of rifles. Bullets tore through the cold New Mexico dawn around him. William J. Crawford didn’t flinch. Severely wounded, bloody and soaked in mud, he hel...

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William J. Crawford Held the Line at Hill 140 in Italy 1943

William J. Crawford Held the Line at Hill 140 in Italy 1943

Dec 11 , 2025

Infidel Co.

He crawled through a rain of bullets with his guts torn open, but he never quit. Blood spattered across frozen ground, and enemy fire painted the night sky with death. William J. Crawford didn’t ju...

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William J. Crawford's Medal of Honor Action at Biffontaine

William J. Crawford's Medal of Honor Action at Biffontaine

Dec 11 , 2025

Infidel Co.

Blood and grit choked the air that day. The ground was a crucible, the sun merciless. William J. Crawford, hunkered behind shattered stone, felt the sharp sting of shrapnel tear through his flesh—a...

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William J. Crawford WWII Medal of Honor at Oliveto Hill

William J. Crawford WWII Medal of Honor at Oliveto Hill

Dec 11 , 2025

Infidel Co.

William J. Crawford’s blood soaked a broken hill in Italy—his face half-blinded, his body riddled with shrapnel. The shelling would have pinned any man down. Not him. His rifle spat fire as he craw...

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William J. Crawford WWII Medal of Honor Recipient of Courage and Faith

William J. Crawford WWII Medal of Honor Recipient of Courage and Faith

Dec 08 , 2025

Infidel Co.

The sky was tore open with gunfire and fury. Bullets whipped past William J. Crawford as he crawled toward an abandoned enemy weapon. His left arm broken, blood sluicing down his face, he didn’t he...

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William J. Crawford's Medal of Honor Stand on Hill 140, Italy

William J. Crawford's Medal of Honor Stand on Hill 140, Italy

Dec 08 , 2025

Infidel Co.

He was bleeding out on that shattered ridge, the thunder of mortars shaking the earth beneath him. But William J. Crawford didn’t flinch. The enemy was closing fast, and his comrades needed a wall—...

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