Honoring Master Sergeant Stanley Adams For His Services And Saving His Battalion From Possible Disaster."
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When he saw the number of enemy silhouetted in the moonlight, Adams didn't hesitate. With 13 fellow soldiers behind him, Adams rushed toward the enemy. A bullet in the leg knocked him down. He got back up.
A grenade bounced off him and exploded. He returned to his feet again. When he finally reached the enemy, he stabbed with his bayonet and smashed with his rifle butt for nearly and hour.
By the time he and his small force were finished, 50 dead North Koreans lay scattered, and the rest of the force retreating in a complete rout. For his amazing courage and heroism, Adams was awarded the Medal of Honor. Prior to Korea, Adams saw combat in North Africa and Italy during WWII, receiving a Purple Heart.
He was commissioned after Korea, and eventually served in Vietnam. He retired in 1970 as a Lieutenant Colonel. He died in 1999 at the age of 76.
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"...serving with Company A, 1st Battalion, 19th Infantry Regiment, 24th Infantry Division, in action against enemy aggressor forces at Sesim-ni, Korea on 4 February 1951.
At approximately 0100 hours, Master Sergeant Adams' platoon, holding an outpost some 200 yards ahead of his company, came under a determined attack by an estimated 250 enemy troops.
Observing hostile troops silhouetted against the skyline advancing against his platoon, Master Sergeant Adams leaped to his feet, urged his men to fix bayonets, and he, with 13 members of his platoon, charged this hostile force.
Within 50 yards of the enemy Master Sergeant Adams was knocked to the ground by an enemy bullet. He jumped to his feet and, ignoring his wound, continued on to close with the enemy when he was knocked down four times from the concussion of grenades which had bounced off his body.
He charged the enemy positions and engaged them in hand-to-hand combat where man after man fell before his terrific onslaught with bayonet and rifle butt. After nearly an hour of vicious action, Master Sergeant Adams and his comrades routed the fanatical foe, killing over 50 and forcing the remainder to withdraw.
Master Sergeant Adams' superb leadership, incredible courage, and consummate devotion to duty so inspired his comrades that the enemy attack was completely thwarted, saving his battalion from possible disaster."
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