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|branch= |serviceyears= 1914–1916 (US Army) 1917–1946 (USMC) |rank= Corporal (Army) Major (Marine Corps) |commands= |unit= 5th Marines |battles= World War I * Battle of Belleau Wood * Battle of Soissons (1918) * Meuse-Argonne Offensive World War II |awards= 20px Medal of Honor (2) 20px Silver Star (3) 20px Légion d'honneur (Chevalier) 20px Order of the Yugoslav Crown (Cmdr.) 20px Médaille militaire 20px Croix de guerre (2 palms, silver star) 20px War Merit Cross |laterwork= }} Louis Cukela (May 1, 1888 – March 19, 1956) was a United States Marine numbered among the nineteen two-time recipients of the Medal of Honor. Cukela was awarded the Medal by both the US Army and the US Navy〔(Military times double MOH recipient )〕 for the same action during the Battle of Soissons in World War I. He was also awarded decorations from France, Italy, and Kingdom of Yugoslavia. Famous for his broken English, best exemplified by his unforgettable saying, "If I want to send a goddamned fool, I'd go myself" (when a messenger came back with a stupid garbled reply).〔George W. Hamilton, USMC: America's Greatest World War I Hero by Mark Mortensen, McFarland, Jun 30, 2011 page 165〕〔From Belleau Wood to Bougainville: The Oral History of Major General Robert Blake USMC and The Travel Journal of Rosselet Wallace Blake by Robert Wallace Blake, Author House, Oct 1, 2004, page 63〕 ==Biography== An ethinc Croat, Louis Cukela was born on May 1, 1888 in the Dalmatian city of Split (or Sibenik 〔(United States Marine Corps, History Division )〕), Croatia (at the time Kingdom of Dalmatia, Austro-Hungarian Empire) to George and Johana (Bubrich) Cukela. His mother died in 1900. He was educated in the grade schools of Split, then attended the Merchant Academy and later, the Royal Gymnasium, both for two year courses. In 1913, Cukela emigrated to the United States and he and his brother settled in Minneapolis, Minnesota; his father and three sisters remained in Austria-Hungary.〔"Louis Cukela", Arlington National Cemetery website.〕 On September 21, 1914, he enlisted in the United States Army. He was serving as a corporal in Company H, 13th Infantry Regiment when he was honorably discharged on June 12, 1916. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Louis Cukela」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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