Near Verdun, France on October 9, 1918 SGT Wilbur E. Colyer volunteered along with two other soldiers to locate German machine gun nests. He advanced on the hostile positions to a point where he was half surrounded by the nests. He killed one gunner with a captured German grenade and then turned the enemy gun on the other nests, silencing them all before returning to his platoon. For his actions SGT Colyer was awarded the Medal of Honor. The medal was donated by Colyer’s great-nephew, SGT James P. Blaney.