Medal Of Honor Kandidat Sgt. 1. Klasse Melvin Morris, 7. Januar 1942 in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, geboren. Morris trat Oklahoma Army National Guard im Jahr 1959 und später verlangt die aktiven Armee beitreten. Er wurde einer der ersten Soldaten, die "Green Beret" auf Befehl von Präsident John F. Kennedy, Fort Bragg, N.C., im Jahre 1961 don. Morris freiwillig zweimal für Bereitstellungen in Vietnam. Dann-Staff Sgt. Morris ist für seine tapferen Taten am 17. September 1969, während der Kommandeur der 3. Kompanie, 3. Bataillon IV Mobile Strike Force in der Nähe von Chi Lang, Vietnam anerkannt. Die 1. und 3. Bataillone

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• Format: 1291 x 1935 px | 21,9 x 32,8 cm | 8,6 x 12,9 inches | 150dpi
• Aufnahmedatum: 4. November 2013

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Medal of Honor candidate Sgt. 1st Class Melvin Morris, was born in Okmulgee, Okla., Jan. 7, 1942. Morris entered the Oklahoma Army National Guard in 1959 and later requested to join the active Army. He became one of the first soldiers to don the "green beret" at the command of President John F. Kennedy, Fort Bragg, N.C., in 1961. Morris volunteered twice for deployments to Vietnam. Then-Staff Sgt. Morris is being recognized for his valorous actions on Sept. 17, 1969, while commanding the 3rd Company, 3rd Battalion of the IV Mobile Strike Force near Chi Lang, Vietnam. The 1st and 3rd battalions of the IV Mobile Strike Force were engaged in a search and clear operation, some five kilometers north and east of Chi Lang, in the IV Corps Tactical Zone. Sister companies of his battalion had encountered an extensive enemy mine field and were subsequently engaged by a hostile force. Morris learned that a fellow team commander had been killed and had fallen near an enemy bunker. Immediately reorganizing the strike forces into an effective assault posture, he advanced them and then moved out with two men to recover the body. Observing the maneuver, the hostile force concentrated their fire and wounded both men accompanying Morris. After he assisted the two back to the lines of the main force, he again charged into the hail of fire to approach the nearest enemy bunker, throwing grenades into it. As his men laid a base of suppressive fire, he neared the position of the team leader's body. When a machine gun emplacement directed its strafing fusillade at him, he annihilated the position with hand grenades and continued his assault, eliminating three additional bunkers. Driving the enemy from the entrenchment nearest the fallen team leader, he retrieved his comrade and started to his troop's position. As he neared the strike force he was wounded three times as he ran back toward friendly lines with the American casualties, but did not stop until he reached safety. From the beginni

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