Dr Harold A Furlong
American
- As Noted In: Medal of Honor - United States Army, United States Army
Harold A Furlong was a United States Army First Lieutenant whose valor in France during World War I earned him the Medal of Honor, the nation's highest military decoration. He later served as an Army surgeon in Germany during World War II. In Michigan, he was a respected obstetrician and gynecologist in Pontiac. Furlong's life reflects a rare combination of battlefield heroism, medical service and long-standing civic commitment. - AsNotedIn
Immediately after the opening of the attack in the Bois-de-Bantheville, when his company was held up by severe machinegun fire from the front, which killed his company commander and several soldiers, 1st Lt Furlong moved out in advance of the line with great courage and coolness, crossing an open space several hundred yards wide. Taking up a position behind the line of the machineguns, he closed in on them, one at a time, killing a number of the enemy with his rifle, putting 4 machinegun nests out of action, and driving 20 German prisoners into our lines.