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colspan="2" class="infobox-above" style="font-size:125%; background-color:#C3D6EF;color:inherit;"><div style="display:inline-block" class="fn">Harrison C. Summers</div></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Born</th><td class="infobox-data">July 12, 1918<br /><a href="/wiki/Marion_County,_West_Virginia" title="Marion County, West Virginia">Marion County, West Virginia</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Died</th><td class="infobox-data">August 3, 1983<span style="display:none">(1983-08-03)</span> (aged 65)<br /><a href="/wiki/Rivesville,_West_Virginia" title="Rivesville, West Virginia">Rivesville, West Virginia</a>, U.S.</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Allegiance</th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="flagicon"><span class="mw-image-border" typeof="mw:File"><span><img alt="" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/5/5d/Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png/23px-Flag_of_the_United_States_%2823px%29.png" decoding="async" width="23" height="13" class="mw-file-element" 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II">World War II</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Overlord" title="Operation Overlord">Battle of Normandy</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Operation_Market_Garden" title="Operation Market Garden">Operation Market Garden</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Battle_of_the_Bulge" title="Battle of the Bulge">Battle of the Bulge</a></li></ul> </td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="padding-right: 1em">Awards</th><td class="infobox-data"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:Distinguished_Service_Cross_ribbon.svg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Distinguished_Service_Cross_ribbon.svg/30px-Distinguished_Service_Cross_ribbon.svg.png" decoding="async" width="30" height="8" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Distinguished_Service_Cross_ribbon.svg/45px-Distinguished_Service_Cross_ribbon.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/06/Distinguished_Service_Cross_ribbon.svg/60px-Distinguished_Service_Cross_ribbon.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="1024" data-file-height="279" /></a></span> <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Cross_(United_States)" title="Distinguished Service Cross (United States)">Distinguished Service Cross</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Harrison C. Summers</b> (July 12, 1918 – August 3, 1983) was a <a href="/wiki/United_States_Army" title="United States Army">United States Army</a> soldier and a decorated war veteran. He served with the 1st Battalion, <a href="/wiki/502nd_Parachute_Infantry_Regiment" class="mw-redirect" title="502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment">502nd Parachute Infantry Regiment</a> of the <a href="/wiki/101st_Airborne_Division" title="101st Airborne Division">101st Airborne Division</a> in <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Early_life">Early life</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harrison_C._Summers&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Early life"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Summers was born in <a href="/wiki/Marion_County,_West_Virginia" title="Marion County, West Virginia">Marion County, West Virginia</a>, one of six sons to William L. Summers and Florence Swisher. </p><p>Summers worked as a coal miner in <a href="/wiki/Rivesville,_West_Virginia" title="Rivesville, West Virginia">Rivesville, West Virginia</a>. A bridge there is named in his honor.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Military_service">Military service</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harrison_C._Summers&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Military service"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>On June 6, 1944, Summers landed as part of the first night drop of troops during the <a href="/wiki/American_airborne_landings_in_Normandy" title="American airborne landings in Normandy">American airborne landings in Normandy</a>. His unit had captured Saint-Germain-de-Varreville, France, near Exit 4 off <a href="/wiki/Utah_Beach" title="Utah Beach">Utah Beach</a>. Summers and 15 soldiers were ordered by 1st Battalion commander, <a href="/wiki/Patrick_F._Cassidy" title="Patrick F. Cassidy">Lt Col. Patrick Cassidy</a>, to capture a building complex nearby designated "WXYZ" on the field order map. The buildings turned out to be the barracks for 100 or more German soldiers.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Summers led the attack, charging inside with his <a href="/wiki/Thompson_submachine_gun" title="Thompson submachine gun">Thompson submachine gun</a>. He had ordered the others to follow, however only Private William Burt and Private John Camien followed him while the other soldiers stayed behind.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> He and the two others cleared out the buildings. Five hours later, the position was clear, and Summers killed more than 30 German soldiers.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Summers received an honorable discharge on November 30, 1945, as a 1st Lieutenant. Summers was twice nominated for the <a href="/wiki/Medal_of_Honor" title="Medal of Honor">Medal of Honor</a> for his efforts that day. However, he was instead awarded the <a href="/wiki/Distinguished_Service_Cross_(United_States)" title="Distinguished Service Cross (United States)">Distinguished Service Cross</a>. </p><p>World War II historian <a href="/wiki/Stephen_Ambrose" class="mw-redirect" title="Stephen Ambrose">Stephen Ambrose</a> described him this way:<sup id="cite_ref-AmbroseSE-D-Day-p299_6-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-AmbroseSE-D-Day-p299-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <blockquote><p>Summers is a legend with American paratroopers ..., the <a href="/wiki/Alvin_York" title="Alvin York">Sergeant York</a> of World War II. His story has too much <a href="/wiki/John_Wayne" title="John Wayne">John Wayne</a>/Hollywood in it to be believed, except that more than 10 men saw and reported his exploits.</p></blockquote> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Death">Death</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Harrison_C._Summers&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Death"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Summers died of <a href="/wiki/Lung_cancer" title="Lung cancer">lung cancer</a> on August 3, 1983. 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