World War II Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Colonel in the United States Army. He was awarded the Medal of Honor as a Second Lieutenant (at the time of action he was a Technical Sergeant) in Company B, 133d Infantry, 34th Infantry Division for action on May 23, 1944 near Cisterna, Italy. His citation reads in part "Second Lt. Dervishian ordered his men to withdraw; but instead of following, jumped into the machine-gun position he had just captured and opened fire with the enemy weapon in the direction of the second hostile machine-gun nest. Observing movement in a dugout two or three yards to the rear, 2d Lt. Dervishian seized a machine-pistol. Simultaneously blazing away at the entrance to the dugout to prevent its occupants from firing and firing his machine gun at the other German nest, he forced five Germans in each position to surrender. Determined to rid the area of all Germans, 2d Lt. Dervishian continued his advance alone. Noticing another machine-gun position beside a house, he picked up and abandoned machine-pistol and forced six more Germans to surrender by spraying their position with fire. Unable to locate additional targets in the vicinity, 2d Lt. Dervishian conducted these prisoners to the rear."
World War II Medal of Honor Recipient. He served as a Colonel in the United States Army. He was awarded the Medal of Honor as a Second Lieutenant (at the time of action he was a Technical Sergeant) in Company B, 133d Infantry, 34th Infantry Division for action on May 23, 1944 near Cisterna, Italy. His citation reads in part "Second Lt. Dervishian ordered his men to withdraw; but instead of following, jumped into the machine-gun position he had just captured and opened fire with the enemy weapon in the direction of the second hostile machine-gun nest. Observing movement in a dugout two or three yards to the rear, 2d Lt. Dervishian seized a machine-pistol. Simultaneously blazing away at the entrance to the dugout to prevent its occupants from firing and firing his machine gun at the other German nest, he forced five Germans in each position to surrender. Determined to rid the area of all Germans, 2d Lt. Dervishian continued his advance alone. Noticing another machine-gun position beside a house, he picked up and abandoned machine-pistol and forced six more Germans to surrender by spraying their position with fire. Unable to locate additional targets in the vicinity, 2d Lt. Dervishian conducted these prisoners to the rear."
Bio by: Don Morfe
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