"Fire it! There's more of them than there are of us. Give 'em hell!"
— John R. Fox

January 1, 1970

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Last radio message on 26 December 1944, calling in artillery fire on his own position as German forces overran the area. Fox was responding to Lieutenant Otis Zachary, a personal friend of his, who told him just beforehand, "Fox, that will be on you!" Fox's answer resulted in the artillery fire being sent anyway. As quoted by Allen Mikaelen, Medal of Honor: Profiles of America's Military Heroes From the Civil War to the Present (2002), New York: Hyperion, first edition hardcover, p. 186