28 Oct 1944
France
France
- US medic James Okubo, fighting in the forest Forêt Domaniale de Champ near Biffontaine, Lorraine, eastern France, was credited with the treatment of 17 fellow Americans while under German fire that day. ww2dbase [James Okubo | Bois-de-Champ, Lorraine | CPC]
29 Oct 1944
France
France
- US medic James Okubo, fighting in the forest Forêt Domaniale de Champ near Biffontaine, Lorraine, eastern France, was credited with the treatment of 8 fellow Americans while under German fire that day. ww2dbase [James Okubo | Bois-de-Champ, Lorraine | CPC]
4 Nov 1944
France
France
- US medic James Okubo, fighting in the forest Forêt Domaniale de Champ near Biffontaine, Lorraine, eastern France, was credited with saving a seriously wounded tank crewman from a disabled tank while under German fire. ww2dbase [James Okubo | Bois-de-Champ, Lorraine | CPC]
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