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The Korean War Veterans
Memorial
Commendation Medal for Valor
John Yoest (before he was a Sr.) receiving the Commendation Medal with "V"
device for valor under enemy fire from Rear Admiral Francis C. Denebrink
"Official
Photograph U.S. Navy 19 March 1951"
*ABRELL,
CHARLES G.
Rank and organization: Corporal, U.S. Marine Corps, Company E, 2d Battalion, 1st
Marines, 1st Marine Division (Rein.). Place and date: Hangnyong, Korea, 10 June
1951. Entered service at: Terre Haute, Ind. Born: 12 August 1931, Terre Haute,
Ind. Citation: For conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life
above and beyond the call of duty while serving as a fire team leader in Company
E, in action against enemy aggressor forces. While advancing with his platoon in
an attack against well-concealed and heavily fortified enemy hill positions,
Cpl. Abrell voluntarily rushed forward through the assaulting squad which was
pinned down by a hail of intense and accurate automatic-weapons fire from a
hostile bunker situated on commanding ground. Although previously wounded by
enemy hand grenade fragments, he proceeded to carry out a bold, single-handed
attack against the bunker, exhorting his comrades to follow him. Sustaining 2
additional wounds as he stormed toward the emplacement, he resolutely pulled the
pin from a grenade clutched in his hand and hurled himself bodily into the
bunker with the live missile still in his grasp. Fatally wounded in the
resulting explosion which killed the entire enemy gun crew within the
stronghold, Cpl. Abrell, by his valiant spirit of self-sacrifice in the face of
certain death, served to inspire all his comrades and contributed directly to
the success of his platoon in attaining its objective. His superb courage and
heroic initiative sustain and enhance the highest traditions of the U.S. Naval
Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country.
The first virtually all-jet war, the conflict in Korea saw F-86
Sabres on the USAF take on MiG-15s of the North Korean and Chinese air forces.
This photo was taken
23 May 1953, during the
Korean War, by a U.S. Army Signal Corps photographer. It shows a
UH-19 Chickasaw helicopter of the 6th Transportation Helicopter Company,
U.S. Eighth Army, as it delivers
C-rations to the 35th Infantry Regiment, 25th U.S. Infantry Division, near
Panmunjom.
The first virtually all-jet war, the conflict in Korea saw F-86
Sabres on the USAF take on MiG-15s of the North Korean and Chinese air forces.
The
UH-19 was used for all types of utility missions: transportation of cargo and
troops, rescue, and observation operations. It was capable of carrying up to
one ton external cargo plus over 800 pounds inside.
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