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Martin O. May
Martin O. May (April 18, 1922 – April 21, 1945) was a United States Army soldier and a recipient of the United States military's highest decoration—the Medal of Honor—for his actions in World War II.
==Biography==
Born and raised in Phillipsburg, New Jersey, May graduated from Phillipsburg High School in the class of 1941.〔Wojcik, Sarah M. ("Phillipsburg honors posthumous Medal of Honor recipient, hometown hero Martin O. May" ), ''The Express-Times'', May 2, 2009. Accessed March 14, 2011. "A decorated World War II hero from Phillipsburg will not be forgotten in his hometown after a ceremony officially dedicated a memorial in his name this afternoon. Martin O. May, Purple Heart and Medal of Honor recipient, died in April 1945 after a three-day standoff on an island near Japan's Okinawa. His courage inspired the Chapter 700 Military Order of the Purple Heart to install a memorial in his honor at Phillipsburg High School, where he attended as a member of the class of 1941."〕
May joined the Army from Phillipsburg in November 1942,〔(WWII Army Enlistment Records )〕 and by April 19, 1945 was serving as a private first class in the 307th Infantry Regiment, 77th Infantry Division. On that day and the next two days, at legusuku-Yama on Ie Shima in the Ryukyu Islands, he manned his machine gun despite intense Japanese fire. He repeatedly refused to withdraw, even after being seriously wounded, and held his ground until being killed. For these actions, he was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor on January 25, 1946.
May, aged 23 at his death, was buried at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific in Honolulu, Hawaii.
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