Troy McGill
The Man who was FearlessTroy McGill was born in Knoxville, TN, and enlisted into the army in November of 1940. McGill died in 1944 in a battle at Los Negroes Island. He was holding position and fighting off the enemy to allow a fellow member of his group to escape. McGill was awarded the Medal of Honor 6 months later in 1944. Although he died at a young age in battle, he is stilled remembered today as a a portion of Interstate 40 is named in his honor.
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...but Uncle Troy was completely forgotten by Knoxville, Sevierville, and Tennessee. What he did in combat you can't put into words. With him, he knew it was going to happen. When he faced those charging Japanese alone. Uncle Troy knew it was over and gave it everything he had. When I came home to Tennessee, I was saddened to discover there was nothing named after him and his story was only a footnote in history.
-Wes McGill(nephew)