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3. Donald Leroy Truesdale was a corporal in the US Marines. He was born on 8 August 1906, in Lugoff, South Carolina, where he enlisted. He received a Marines Medal of Honor when he was second-in-command of a Guardia Nacional Patrol in active operations against armed bandit forces in the vicinity of Constancia, near the Coco River, in Northern Nicaragua, on 24 April 1932. While the patrol was in formation on the trail searching for the bandit group, with which contact had just previously been made, a rifle grenade fell from its carrier and struck a rock, igniting the detonator. Several men close to the grenade at the time were in danger. Cpl. Truesdale, who was several yards away, could easily have sought cover and safety for himself. Knowing full well the grenade would explode within 2-3 seconds, he rushed for it, grasped it in his right hand and attempted to throw it away from the patrol. The grenade exploded in his hand, blowing it off and inflicting serious multiple wounds about his body. Cpl. Truesdale, in taking the full shock of the explosion himself, saved the members of the patrol from loss of life or serious injury. Until that fateful day, Donald Leroy lived for a brief quarter of a century.
The Pacific
4. Clyde Thomason was a WWII US Marines Sergeant, born on 23 May 1914 in Atlanta, Georgia, where he enlisted. He received the Marine Medal of Honor for conspicuous heroism and intrepidity above and beyond the call of duty. During a Marine Raider Expedition against the Japanese-held island of Makin, on 17-18 August 1942, he was leading the advance element of the assault echelon. Sgt. Thomason disposed his men with keen judgment and discrimination and by his exemplary leadership and great personal valor, exhorted them to fearless efforts. On one occasion, he dauntlessly walked up to a house that concealed an enemy Japanese sniper, forced the door, and shot the man before he could resist. Later in the action, while leading an assault on an enemy position, he gallantly gave his life in the service of his country. His courage and loyal devotion to duty in the face of grave peril were in keeping with the finest traditions of the U.S. Naval Service. He was 28 years old that day.
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Korea
5. Frank N. Mitchell was a First Lieutenant in the US Marine Corps, Company A, 1st Battalion, 7th Marines, 1st Marine Division. He was born on 18 August 1921 in Indian Gap, Texas, and entered military service at Roaring Springs, Texas. During the Korean War, he received the Marine Medal of Honor for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity, at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. He was the leader of a rifle platoon in Company A, in action against the enemy aggressor forces. Leading his platoon in point position during a patrol by his company, through a thickly wooded and snow-covered area in the vicinity of Hansan-ni, 1st Lt. Mitchell acted immediately when the enemy suddenly opened fire at pointblank range, pinning down his forward elements and inflicting numerous casualties in his ranks. Boldly dashing to the front under blistering fire from automatic weapons and small arms, he seized an automatic rifle from one of the wounded men and effectively trained it against the attackers, and when his ammunition was expended, picked up and hurled grenades with deadly accuracy, at the same time directing and encouraging his men in driving the outnumbering enemy from their position. Maneuvering to set up a defense when the enemy furiously counterattacked to the front and left flank, 1st Lt. Mitchell, despite wounds sustained early in action, reorganized his platoon under the devastating fire, and spearheaded a fierce hand-to-hand struggle to repulse the onslaught. Asking for volunteers to assist in searching for and evacuating the wounded, he personally led a party of litter bearers through the hostile lines in growing darkness and, although suffering intense pain from multiple wounds, stormed ahead and waged single-handed battle against the enemy, successfully covering for the withdrawal of his men before he was fatally struck down by a burst of small-arms fire. Stouthearted and indomitable in the face of tremendous odds, 1st Lt. Mitchell, by his fortitude, great personal valor, and extraordinary heroism, saved the lives of several marines and inflicted heavy casualties among his aggressors. His unyielding courage throughout reflects the highest credit upon himself and the U.S. Naval Service. He gallantly gave his life for his country. Frank N. Mitchell lived to be 29 years old.
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