The President of the United States of America, in the name of Congress, takes pride in presenting the Medal of Honor (Posthumously) to Sergeant Troy A. McGill, United States Army, for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of while serving with Troop G, 5th Cavalry Regiment, 1st Cavalry Division, in action with the enemy at Los Negros Island, Admiralty Group, on 4 March 1944. In the early morning hours Sergeant McGill, with a squad of eight men, occupied a revetment which bore the brunt of a furious attack by approximately 200 drink-crazed enemy troops. Although covered by crossfire from machineguns on the right and left flank he could receive no support from the remainder of our troops stationed at his rear. All members of the squad were killed or wounded except Sergeant McGill and another man, whom he ordered to return to the next revetment. Courageously resolved to hold his position at all cost, he fired his weapon until it ceased to function. Then, with the enemy only five yards away, he charged from his foxhole in the face of certain death and clubbed the enemy with his rifle in hand-to-hand combat until he was killed. At dawn 105 enemy dead were found around his position. Sergeant McGill’s intrepid stand was an inspiration to his comrades and a decisive factor in the defeat of a fanatical enemy.