Burlington Jct. Native Albert David won the Congressional Medal of Honor for dismantling life demolition explosives aboard the captured Nazi U-505 U-Boat at sea on June 4, 1944 — the first capture of an enemy vessel at sea by the Americans since the War of 1812.
June 4, 2026 Forum article on his induction into the Stairway to the Stars at the Nodaway County Historical Museum
Congressional Medal of Honor Entry on David
Griffin Museum of Science+Industry in Chicago (where the U-505 and David’s Medal of Honor are on display