Meet the American who won the Medal of Honor and was MIA in Korea for 73 years, Cpl. Luther Herschel Story
U.S. Army Cpl. Luther Herschel Story, 18, earned the Medal of Honor for his incredible bravery in the Korean War, but his remains were unidentified for 73 years. He is finally returning home a hero.The light of freedom, opportunity — actual physical illumination.
"That was not his nature. His nature was not to kill people. His nature was to be good to people. He was being good to his fellow soldiers by saving their lives." The war pitted North Korea and its communist allies against South Korea and theThe gift of Cpl. Story’s last full measure of devotion is evident in a satellite photo of the Korean Peninsula at night.
He was just 18 years old when he sacrificed his life for his fellow man, far from his rural Georgia home. Honolulu, Hawaii, Cpl. Story will be buried Monday, Memorial Day, with full military honors at Andersonville National Cemetery. It was the Great Depression. Luther was the middle of three children between older sister Gwendolyn and younger brother Wilmoth, known as Buddy.
"He never did graduate because when he was 16 he wanted to join the military," said Wade."So his mom signed the papers." South Korean and American forces were quickly overwhelmed, pushed back to the southeastern corner of the Korean Peninsula. U.S. Army commander Lt. Gen. Walton Walker issued his famous"stand or die" order on July 29, 1950.
Story, however, unleashed a barrage of hand grenades on an enemy troop truck towing an ammunition trailer. The citation went on,"When last seen, he was firing every weapon available and fighting off another hostile assault." "When last seen, he was firing every weapon available and fighting off another hostile assault."
Korean War hero and Medal of Honor recipient Luther Herschel Story mailed this photo to his family while stationed in Guam."This one doesn't look like me, does it?" Story wrote in a note above the photo. South Koreans now bathe in the light when they were on the verge of being plunged into perpetual darkness. Cpl. Story had been listed as missing in action since that day.
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