Sergeant Louis Cukela, a Croatian-born Minneapolitan serving in France, performs a feat of heroism that earns him two Congressional Medals of Honor, one from the navy and one from the army. Cukela, a member of the Fifth Marine Regiment, was pinned down with his company by machine-gun fire. Cukela worked his way around the side of the emplacement and used his bayonet to kill or capture members of the crew. He then threw a grenade into another machine gun nest, capturing it as well. A number of Minnesotans have won the nation's highest honor for bravery, but only Cukela has won two.