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William Frishe Dean Sr. (August 1, 1899 – August 24, 1981) was a United States Army major general during World War II and the Korean War. He received the Medal of Honor for his actions on July 20 and 21, 1950 during the Battle of Daejon (Taejon) in South Korea. Dean also became the highest ranking American officer captured by an enemy force ...
Fort Custer Training Center. 4 miles west of downtown Battle Creek. 184th Field Artillery at Ft. Custer (June 1941). / 42.29250°N 85.32583°W / 42.29250; -85.32583. Fort Custer Training Center, often known simply as Fort Custer, is a federally owned and state-operated Michigan Army National Guard training facility, but is also used by ...
Sergeant. Unit. 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division. Battles/wars. Korean War. Awards. Medal of Honor. Purple Heart. Einar Harold Ingman Jr. (October 6, 1929 – September 9, 2015) was a United States Army soldier who received the Medal of Honor for his actions during the Third Battle of Wonju in the Korean War.
Purple Heart (4) Air Medal (2) Lewis Lee Millett Sr. (December 15, 1920 – November 14, 2009) was a United States Army officer who received the Medal of Honor during the Korean War for leading the last major American bayonet charge. He enlisted in the U.S. National Guard while still in high school and then in 1940 joined the U.S. Army Air Corps.
Korean War Medal of Honor recipients by service branch [ 5] US Air Force – 4. US Army – 93. US Marine Corps – 42. US Navy – 7. Korean War Medal of Honor recipients. Lavender background indicates that the Medal of Honor was awarded posthumously. † indicates that the recipient was killed in action. Note: Notes in quotations are derived ...
2011: 2011 military intervention in Libya: Operation Odyssey Dawn, United States and coalition enforcing U.N. Security Council Resolution 1973 with bombings of Libyan forces. 2011: Osama Bin Laden is killed by U.S. military forces in Abbottabad, Pakistan as part of Operation Neptune Spear. 2011: Drone strikes on al-Shabaab militants begin in ...
Navy Cross. Silver Star. Purple Heart (2) Kurt Chew-Een Lee ( Chinese: 呂超然; pinyin: Lǚ Chāorán (January 21, 1926 – March 3, 2014) was the first Asian American to be commissioned as a regular officer in the United States Marine Corps. Lee earned the Navy Cross under fire in Korea in September 1950, serving in the 1st Battalion 7th ...
United States in the Korean War. Soldiers from the US 2nd Infantry Division in action near the Ch'ongch'on River, 20 November 1950. The military history of the United States during the Korean War began after the defeat of Japan by the Allied Powers in World War II. This brought an end to 35 years of Japanese occupation of the Korean peninsula ...