![Army dentist, killed 98 Japanese soldiers during the Battle of Saipan before he was killed - after being shot 76 times Army dentist, killed 98 Japanese soldiers during the Battle of Saipan before he was killed - after being shot 76 times](https://www.thevintagenews.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/65/2016/10/yrtettt.jpg)
Army dentist, killed 98 Japanese soldiers during the Battle of Saipan before he was killed - after being shot 76 times
National Infantry Museum - #MedalOfHonor Benjamin Lewis Salomon (September 1, 1914 – July 7, 1944) was a United States Army dentist during World War II, assigned as a front-line surgeon. When the
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