Obama to honor two Korean War GI's with Medal of Honor

[Scuba]

http://www.military.com/news/article/obama-to-award-two-korean-war-gis-with-moh.html?ESRC=airforce.nl

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CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa -- Two Soldiers who gave their lives fighting in the Korean War will be posthumously given the nation’s highest military honor by President Obama during a ceremony next month, the White House said Wednesday evening.

Pfc. Anthony Kaho’ohanohano and Pfc. Henry Svehla will be recognized with the Medal of Honor for braving certain death and painful wounds to charge and repel overwhelming enemy forces during the war.

In September 1951, Kaho’ohanohano was in charge of a machine gun squad near Chopra-Ri, Korea, while assigned to the U.S. Army’s 7th Infantry Division, according to the Army.

“He was 6’1” and he was all muscle and he could hit like a horse kicks. I’ll testify to that,” his younger brother David Kaho’ohanohano, 77, of Hawaii told Stars and Stripes on Thursday.

Svehla was serving as a rifleman with the 7th Infantry Division in the Republic of Korea on June 12, 1952, when his platoon waged an attack on enemy forces. The onslaught began to falter and the unit came under heavy fire, according to the White House.

Disregarding his own safety, Svehla jumped to his feet and charged enemy positions, firing his weapon and throwing grenades as he advanced. A mortar round exploded nearby and peppered his face with fragments, but he refused medical treatment and continued his assault.

“When an enemy grenade landed among a group of his comrades, without hesitation and undoubtedly aware of the extreme danger, he threw himself on the grenade,” the White House said.

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[izquierdista]

1. Gotta sell them wars!

Why else would you wait 60 years to beat the drum and wave the flag? Maybe to convince more of the young to feed themselves into the maw of the military machine.

[cliffordu]

2. IF you had one tenth of an ounce of the courage those men had,

you might be worth listening to.

as it stands, not so much.