US Army 1SG Homer Wise: Medal of Honor Recipient WWII On June 14, 1944, during the Italian Campaign of World War II, Staff Sergeant Homer Wise of the U.S. Army's 36th Infantry Division displayed a level of courage that changed the course of a deadly engagement. As his platoon was pinned down by relentless enemy fire and flanked on both sides, Wise left cover and rushed into the open to rescue a severely wounded soldier, dragging him to safety under a hail of bullets. Moments later, when a German