Medal of Honor citation of First Lieutenant George Ham Cannon, USMC (as printed in the official publication "Medal of Honor, 1861-1949, The Navy", page 167):

"For distinguished conduct in the line of his profession, extraordinary courage and disregard of his own condition during the bombardment of Sand Island, Midway Islands, by Japanese forces on 7 December 1941. Lieutenant Cannon, Battery Commander of Battery H, Sixth Defense Battalion, Fleet Marine Force, United States Marine Corps, was at his Command Post when he was mortally wounded by enemy shellfire. He refused to be evacuated from his post until after his men who had been wounded by the same shell were evacuated, and directed the reorganization of his Command Post until forcibly removed. As a result of his utter disregard of his own condition he died from loss of blood."