The East Tennessee Veterans Memorial Association presents the 14th Annual Medal of Honor Evening, honoring World War I Medal of Honor recipient Sgt. Edward Talley, United States Army.
The event is scheduled for Monday May 5, 2025 at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in downtown Knoxville. Social Hour begins at 5:30 pm, with dinner and presentation at 6:30 pm, featuring historian Dr. Richard S. Faulkner, Professor at Fort Leavenworth’s Army Command and General Staff College.
About Sergeant Edward Talley
Sgt Edward R. Talley was undeterred by seeing several comrades killed in attempting to put a hostile machine-gun nest out of action, and he attacked the position singlehandedly. Armed only with a rifle, he rushed the nest in the face of intense enemy fire, killed or wounded at least six of the crew, and silenced the gun. When the enemy attempted to bring forward another gun and ammunition he drove them back by effective fire from his rifle. This act of bravery would earn him the Medal of Honor on October 7, 1918.
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