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https://www.worldwar1centennial.org/index.php/commemorate/family-ties/stories-of-service/4926-michael-a-valente-sr.html

https://www.pritzkermilitary.org/explore/museum/past-exhibits/lest-we-forget-doughboys-sammies-and-sailors-great-war/michael-valente-medal-honor

Private First Class Michael Valente (World War I) is a Notable burial at https://www.cem.va.gov/cems/nchp/longisland.asp. He received the Medal of Honor while serving in the U.S. Army, Company D, 107th Infantry, 27th Division, for actions east of Ronssoy, France, September 29, 1918.  Born on February 5, 1895, in Cassino, Italy, Valente immigrated to the United States and joined the Army in 1917 from Ogdensburg, New York. By September 29, 1918, he was serving in France as a private with Company D of the 107th Infantry Regiment, 27th Division. On that day, his unit was participating in an assault on the Hindenburg Line east of Ronssoy when it was held up by intense machine gun fire. With another man, Valente voluntarily moved forward and silenced two machine gun nests, attacked a trench, and killed five Germans and captured 21 others before being wounded. Over a decade later, on September 27, 1929, President Herbert C. Hoover awarded Valente the Medal of Honor during a ceremony on the White House lawn. Valente died in 1976.
https://www.cmohs.org/recipients/michael-valente
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President Herbert Hover presents Valente with the Medal of Honor at the White House.

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