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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Colonel Robert Sheldon Scott (November 30, 1913 ? February 5, 1999) was a soldier of the United States Army who was awarded the Medal of Honor for actions during World War II. He was born in Washington, D. C., and graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1937 with a degree in English. In September 1941, Scott was drafted into the US Army. After attending Officer's Candidate School he received a commission. Scott, who was a Second Lieutenant at the time of his action, was a member of the 172nd Infantry Regimental Combat Team of the 43rd Infantry…mehr

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Colonel Robert Sheldon Scott (November 30, 1913 ? February 5, 1999) was a soldier of the United States Army who was awarded the Medal of Honor for actions during World War II. He was born in Washington, D. C., and graduated from the University of New Mexico in 1937 with a degree in English. In September 1941, Scott was drafted into the US Army. After attending Officer's Candidate School he received a commission. Scott, who was a Second Lieutenant at the time of his action, was a member of the 172nd Infantry Regimental Combat Team of the 43rd Infantry Division that successfully captured the Munda Point airstrip on the island of New Georgia, Solomon Islands from its Japanese defenders in the summer of 1943. On July 29, 1943 Japanese soldiers counter-attacked against the American assault on Morrison-Johnson Hill overlooking the airfield.