On June 6th, 1944 near St. Laurent-sur-Mer, France, Private Carlton Barrett, of Fulton, New York, landed amidst the chaos of Omaha beach with Headquarters Company, 18th Infantry Regiment. Despite heavy German fire, he repeatedly returned to neck-deep water to pull half-drowned members of the assault force from the pounding surf onto the beach. Still under fire, he assisted wounded men to the evacuation boat and carried dispatches along the length of the beach. Barrett was credited with saving many lives that D-Day morning. His coolness and dauntless, daring courage earned him the Medal of Honor.