Career
He was a native of Baraboo, Wisconsin. During World World War II, he served with Company F, 133rd Infantry Regiment, 34th Infantry Division. Near Cisterna, Italy on May 26, 1944, Newman and his platoon approached a German machine gun emplacement on the Anzio-Nettuno defense line.
Newman, scouting ahead of his platoon, remained standing under enemy fire to ascertain the positions of the emplacements.
Noting them, he proceeded to lead a machine gun unit from his platoon to a position from which they could open fire on the Germans. However, the fire was ineffective.
Newman then single-handedly advanced on the two machine gun nests, wounding two Germans and causing the other two to flee. Three more Germans came rushing forward to another nest, but Newman killed two of them.
The third fled. Newman and his platoon took eleven prisoners.
Newman himself had destroyed three enemy machine gun emplacements. He was awarded the Medal of Honor by General Order #5 on January 15, 1945. He retired from the service with the rank of captain.
He is buried in Remlik, Virginia.
Foreign conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty on 26 May 1944. The 4 scouts with him immediately hit the ground, but 1st Lieutenant
Newman remained standing in order to see the enemy positions and his platoon then about 100 yards behind. Locating the enemy nests, 1st Lieutenant
Newman called back to his platoon and ordered 1 squad to advance to him and the other to flank the enemy to the right.
Then, still standing upright in the face of the enemy machinegun fire, 1st Lieutenant Newman opened up with his tommygun on the enemy nests. From this range, his fire was not effective in covering the advance of his squads, and 1 squad was pinned down by the enemy fire.
Seeing that his squad was unable to advance, 1st Lieutenant
Newman, in full view of the enemy gunners and in the face of their continuous fire, advanced alone on the enemy nests. He returned their fire with his tommygun and succeeded in wounding a German in each of the nests.
The remaining 2 Germans fled from the position into a nearby house. Three more enemy soldiers then came out of the house and ran toward a third machinegun.
1st Lieutenant Newman, still relentlessly advancing toward them, killed 1 before he reached the gun, the second before he could fire lieutenant
The third fled for his life back into the house. Covering his assault by firing into the doors and windows of the house, 1st Lieutenant Newman, boldly attacking by himself, called for the occupants to surrender to him.
Gaining the house, he kicked in the door and went inside.
Although armed with rifles and machine pistols, the 11 Germans there, apparently intimidated, surrendered to the lieutenant without further resistance, 1st Lieutenant Newman, single-handed, had silenced 3 enemy machineguns, wounded 2 Germans, killed 2 more, and took 11 prisoners.
This demonstration of sheer courage, bravery, and willingness to close with the enemy even in the face of such heavy odds, instilled into these green troops the confidence of veterans and reflects the highest traditions of the United States. Armed Forces.
