The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pleasure in presenting the Medal of Honor to Corporal Thomas A. Pope (ASN: 1387320), United States Army, for extraordinary heroism on 4 July 1918, while serving with Company E, 131st Infantry, 33d Division, in action at Hamel, France. Corporal Pope’s company was advancing behind the tanks when it was halted by hostile machinegun fire. Going forward alone, he rushed a machinegun nest, killed several of the crew with his bayonet, and, standing astride his gun, held off the others until reinforcements arrived and captured them.