(1918-2005)Army Officer, awarded the MOH for his actions at Oliveto, Italy, Sept. 23, 1943, during the Naples-Foggia Campaign (my father fought in the Battle of Naples-Foggia J.A.). While crossing a bridge Childers fell thru and fractured his foot, the noise of which caused him to come under attack by a machine gunner who he crawled up to and killed. Ordered to return to the aid station, and while he was waiting to see a doctor, the aid station was blown up, he was again injured and the doctor and others killed. Childers crawled off to the battle and led a small group against an occupied hill, where he single-handedly killed 2 snipers, wiped out two machine gun nests, killing another German soldier and capturing a mortar emplacement. A Creek Indian who was orphaned as a teen, Childers enlisted in the Oklahoma National Guard in 1937. During the battle for Sicily he was given a battlefield commission and later took part in the actions that earned him the MOH and the Anzio Campaign. He retired with the rank of Lt. Colonel. Signed Medal of Honor Society Card With this comes a Xerox of an article about him and a second page with the story of his action and life. This page has his photo.

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