Lucian Adams was one of very few people to have received the Medal of Honor and the Purple Heart. During that era his division was ambushed by the Germans, Adams saved everyone by taking down all the enemies. He died because of medication problems after the war.
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http://www.nytimes.com/2003/04/04/us/lucian-adams-80-is-dead-army-hero-in-world-war-ii.html