US Army Medical Department Center of History and Heritage - 07 JUL 1944: CPT Ben Salomon was killed in action at Saipan while defending patients. He was later awarded the Medal of
![He was a US Army dentist. He was shot 24 times defending an aid station from the Japanese. But he killed up to 98 attackers, allowing the wounded to be evacuated He was a US Army dentist. He was shot 24 times defending an aid station from the Japanese. But he killed up to 98 attackers, allowing the wounded to be evacuated](https://ww2live.com/sites/default/files/Benjamin%20L.%20Salomon%202.jpg)
He was a US Army dentist. He was shot 24 times defending an aid station from the Japanese. But he killed up to 98 attackers, allowing the wounded to be evacuated
![This Dentist Died In a Japanese Banzai Attack But He Took Over 90 Enemy Soldiers With Him | War History Online This Dentist Died In a Japanese Banzai Attack But He Took Over 90 Enemy Soldiers With Him | War History Online](https://www.warhistoryonline.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/64/2018/12/bensalomon-1.jpg)
This Dentist Died In a Japanese Banzai Attack But He Took Over 90 Enemy Soldiers With Him | War History Online
![Ben L Salomon, The Lone Machine Gunner: A Valiant Story from WW2, in a fly (Life and Legacy In a Fly): Wollstone, Edgar: 9798715132758: Amazon.com: Books Ben L Salomon, The Lone Machine Gunner: A Valiant Story from WW2, in a fly (Life and Legacy In a Fly): Wollstone, Edgar: 9798715132758: Amazon.com: Books](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61ng-0YgebL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg)