THE HEROIC STORY OF THE U.S. ARMY STAFF SERGEANT SHERWOOD HENRY HALLMAN OF SPRING CITY, HE WAS HONORED.
U.S.army Staff Sergeant Sherwood Henry Hallman of Spring City, PA, and U.S. Army Second Lieutenant Almond Edward Fisher of Hume, NY, were awarded the Medal of Honor for their extraordinary actions on Sept. 13, 1944, during WWII.
Hallman joined the Army in January 1943 and was assigned to Company F, 2nd Battalion, 175th Infantry Regiment, 29th Infantry Division. In September 1944, his division was trying to capture the city of Brest, southeast of Normandy. Hallman’s battalion came under heavy fire from several enemy positions on September 13, and their advance was halted.
He instructed his men to give him covering fire while he single-handedly charged the enemy position, firing his carbine and throwing grenades. Only he knew that he had expended the ammunition in his carbine, and when he reached the Germans, he ordered their surrender. The next day, he was shot by a sniper and mortally wounded.
He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on Sept. 13, 1944. Hallman was also awarded a second Purple Heart. He is buried with full military honors at the Brittany American Cemetery in St. James, France.
Fisher joined the Army in 1935 and served five years as an enlisted man in Panama. He deployed to Europe in June 1943, and on Sept. 13, 1944, he was serving as a Second Lieutenant in Company E, 2nd Battalion, 157th Infantry Regiment, 45th Infantry Division.
Near Grammont, France, he led a platoon in an attack on German positions, repeatedly went forward alone, and silenced German machine gun emplacements. During the German counter-attack, he was wounded in both feet but refused medical aid and continued to crawl among his men, giving them direction and encouragement.
He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions on Sept. 13, 1944. He served an additional 19 years in the NY Army National Guard and attained the rank of Lieutenant Colonel before retiring. He died at age 68 and is buried in Arlington National Cemetery.
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