For Memorial Day the WSJ's "Best of the Web" online column described the story of Benjamin Salomon, an Army DENTIST who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on Saipan during WWII. Needless to say, he didn't get it for filling cavities. The award was posthumous (he was KIA) and didn't get finally approved until 40 years later because of Geneva Convention rules against medical personnel participating in offensive military actions.
For Memorial Day the WSJ's "Best of the Web" online column described the story of Benjamin Salomon, an Army DENTIST who was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on Saipan during WWII. Needless to say, he didn't get it for filling cavities. The award was posthumous (he was KIA) and didn't get finally approved until 40 years later because of Geneva Convention rules against medical personnel participating in offensive military actions.
Not mentioned in the story—his drill instructor voice scared a further 500 enemy into retreating