ARLINGTON,VIRGINIA --U.S. Army Spc. Rory Endsley right an infantryman with Bravo Company 2nd Battalion 108th Infantry Regiment 27th Infantry Brigade Combat Team 42nd Infantry Division New York National Guard and Pulaski N.Y. native discusses the history Medal of Honor recipient Maj. Gen. William Wild Bill Donovan during a senior leader-let visit to the Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington Va. Feb. 14 2021. Donovan who would go on to serve as the head of the Office of Strategic Services the precursor to the CIA received the Medal of Honor for his actions while in command of the 165th Regiment 42nd ID New York National Guard when he personally led an assault wave in an attack upon a strongly organized enemy position near Landres-et-St. Georges France Oct. 14-15 1918.
