When a vital hill was lost under machine-gun fire, he charged alone. Again and again, he rose into the storm—until his courage secured the ground with his life.
When fire erupted inside a crippled helicopter, he chose to fight the flames with his own body. Gravely wounded and nearly blind, he saved his crew by refusing to let the aircraft become their tomb.
In darkness, snow, and close-range combat, he chose to go alone. Against entrenched machineguns, his courage opened the way for his company to advance.
In captivity, without weapons or rank to protect him, he led by sacrifice alone. Through suffering and self-denial, he upheld honor when survival demanded surrender.
Wounded, weaponless, and unable to walk, he refused to abandon his men. Through sheer will and courage, he turned near annihilation into survival.
When death fell among his comrades in the dark, he chose to become the shield. In a single, selfless act, he turned certain loss into life.
When the perimeter began to collapse, he stepped into the killing ground. Holding the line with sheer will and fire, he turned retreat into survival.
