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Maynard W. Tollberg (1904–1943) was a United States Navy sailor killed in action during World War II. He received a posthumous Navy Cross for his actions. ==Naval career== Tollberg was born at North Branch, Minnesota, on February 17, 1904. He enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve on September 24, 1923 and was honorably discharged on September 15, 1927. After the beginning of World War II, Tollberg reenlisted on June 23, 1942 with the same rating. He was assigned duty on board the destroyer USS ''La Vallette'' (DD-448). On the afternoon of January 30, 1943, during the second day of the Battle of Rennell Island, ''La Vallette'' was screening the damaged heavy cruiser USS ''Chicago'' (CA-29) when 11 Japanese torpedo planes attacked. ''La Vallette'' received a torpedo hit in her forward engine room which killed 22 members of the crew. Watertender Second Class Tollberg, although fatally scalded by high-temperature steam, painfully climbed up the fire room ladder and emerged on the main deck through a hatch which had been blown open by the detonation. Despite severe pain and partial blindness, he expended his dying strength trying to close the control valve through which fuel oil was pouring into the fireroom below, where a number of his helpless shipmates were trapped. Tollberg then collapsed and soon died of his wounds. 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「Maynard W. Tollberg」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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