Nicholas Minue

Breaking a flanking position near Medjez-el-Bab

Nicholas Minue was born on 25 December 1900 in Sedden, Poland. He served as a private with Company A, 6th Armored Infantry, 1st Armored Division during the Second World War.

On 28 April 1943 near Medjez-el-Bab, Tunisia, enemy machine-gun fire stopped his company's advance. Minue charged the entrenched position alone with a fixed bayonet. After destroying it, he continued forward against riflemen in dugouts until he was fatally wounded. His assault helped his company resume the advance and drive the enemy from the sector.

Minue received the Medal of Honor posthumously. He is buried in the North Africa American Cemetery in Carthage, Tunisia.

Medal of Honor citation

For distinguishing himself conspicuously by gallantry and intrepidity at the loss of life above and beyond the call of duty in action with the enemy on 28 April 1943, in the vicinity of Medjez-el-Bab, Tunisia. When the advance of the assault elements of Company A was held up by flanking fire from an enemy machine-gun nest, Pvt. Minue voluntarily, alone, and unhesitatingly, with complete disregard of his own welfare, charged the enemy entrenched position with fixed bayonet. Pvt. Minue assaulted the enemy under a withering machine-gun and rifle fire, killing approximately 10 enemy machine gunners and riflemen. After completely destroying this position, Pvt. Minue continued forward, routing enemy riflemen from dugout positions until he was fatally wounded. The courage, fearlessness, and aggressiveness displayed by Pvt. Minue in the face of inevitable death was unquestionably the factor that gave his company the offensive spirit that was necessary for advancing and driving the enemy from the entire sector.