John U. D. Page
United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
John Upshur Dennis Page (February 8, 1904 – December 11, 1950) was a United States Army officer from Saint Paul, Minnesota. Lieutenant Colonel Page received the Medal of Honor for his actions in the Battle of Chosin Reservoir during the Korean War.
Early life
John U.D. Page was born in the Philippines and studied engineering at Princeton University. Princeton was Page's second choice, when his dream of attending West Point was thwarted by weak eyesight. He graduated from Princeton in 1926 with a varsity letter in pistol and a Reserve Officers' Training Corps (ROTC) commission, and was called to duty in World War II as a reservist.
World War II
Trained in artillery, Page was considered an expert teacher, and he spent much of World War II training troops at Fort Sill, Okla., much to his chagrin. He finally got to command an artillery battery in Germany, and remained in the military after World War II. Assigned to the prestigious Command and General Staff College at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, he pulled strings to go to Korea rather than to the classroom.
Korean War
Assigned to X Corps Artillery, he was killed in action during the Battle of Chosin Reservoir while engaging the enemy single-handedly to protect a United States Marines regimental convoy.
Citations
Medal of Honor
Citation:
Lt. Col.
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