Nicholas Minue (March 13, 1905 – April 28, 1943) was a Ukrainian American and United States Army career veteran who received the Medal of Honor posthumously in World War II. Private Minue with fixed bayonet, singlehandedly assaulted and destroyed several enemy positions while under fire near Medjez El Bab, Tunisia, until he was fatally wounded.
Biography
thumb|upright=1.37|A stonemason refreshes the gold leaf on Minue's grave marker at [[North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial|North Africa American Cemetery before Memorial Day 2010.]]
Minue was born in Sedden, Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria to ethnic Ukrainian parents.
Military service
Minue enlisted in the United States Army in 1927 having previously served in the navy,
;Death and burial
Pvt. Minue was killed in action while fighting soldiers of German Field Marshal Rommel's Afrika Korps on April 28, 1943, during Operation Vulcan. He was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions that day. He is buried in the North Africa American Cemetery and Memorial in Carthage, Tunisia. His grave can be found in Section E, Line 8. Grave 4.</blockquote>
Awards and decorations
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| colspan="3" |Combat Infantryman Badge
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|Bronze Star Medal
|Purple Heart
|Army Good Conduct Medal
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|Navy Good Conduct Medal
|World War I Victory Medal
|American Defense Service Medal
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|American Campaign Medal
|European–African–Middle Eastern Campaign Medal
|World War II Victory Medal
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| colspan="3" |Presidential Unit Citation
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Personal honors
Some of Pvt. Minue's personal honors:
- In early 1956, the U.S. Army christened two new 172-foot, 860-ton, passenger and vehicle ferries which were named after two Medal of Honor recipients from the region, the Lt. Samuel S. Coursen and the Private Nicholas Minue. Both boats operated in New York Harbor between Manhattan and the US Army post and US Army headquarters at Fort Jay, Governors Island. Both boats continued in service when Governors Island became a U.S. Coast Guard base in 1966. In 1996, the Minue was declared excess as the Coast Guard closed the base. Sold to a maritime speculator, it is now in decrepit condition in dock in Staten Island New York. This ferryboat appeared in the TV murder mystery More Than Murder.
- Private Nicholas Minue Elementary School, Carteret, New Jersey.
- One of the main roads on Contingency Operating Base Speicher, in Tikrit, Iraq, was named in his honor.
- Minue Drive, East Fort Bliss, Texas.
- Minue Road, Fort Hood, Texas.
- Pvt. Nicholas Minue UAV Post 7, New York City, New York.
- Pvt. Nicholas Minue VFW Star Landing Post 2314, Carteret, New Jersey
See also
- List of Medal of Honor recipients for World War II
References
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