During the Korean War, Cpl. Hiroshi Miyamura and his men were defending a hill in Korea where they knew the Chinese would be attacking. His dozen machine gunners and five riflemen were ready to hold them off.
Cpl. Miyamura
The hillside was covered in trenches, craters, and razor wire. The Chinese launched their attack at 4 a.m. The Chinese regulars swarmed over the Imjin River with one of the waves hitting the hill Miyamura and his men were on.
The battle soon looked like it was only going to go one way. Korea was not Miyamura's first war. He fought in World War II as a part of the 442nd Regimental Combat Unit. The team was made of Japanese-Americans, the most highly decorated unit of its size in U.S. history.
However, they did not see combat in the war. When the Korean War came around, he rejoined with heavy weapons training and was sent to Korea.
Battling the Chinese
Miyamura and his men battled for hours against the overwhelming forces of the Chinese. His machine guns kept firing, working through one unit at a time, knocking down the enemy one by one.
They soon began to run out of ammunition. Miyamura told his men to attach bayonets to their guns. According to Brig. Gen. Ralph Osborne, "Chinese soldiers had been cautiously moving up the slope when Miyamura suddenly appeared in their midst."
“Jabbing and slashing, he scattered one group and wheeled around, breaking up another group the same way.”
Brig. Gen. Ralph Osborne
He helped his wounded men but soon realized they could not win, so they withdrew. Miyamura used a machine gun against the Chinese and disabled it when it was out of ammunition. He was heading to join his men when the Chinese attacked again.
Captured
Miyamura fought them with a bayonet until 50 enemy soldiers were on the ground around him. He was wounded by a grenade but attempted to get to his men. However, he was captured.
For 28 months, he was in a North Korean POW camp. He was unsure if his unit was captured or killed and was afraid of being court marshaled. When he was freed from the camp, he only weighed 100 pounds.
On Oct. 27, 1953, President Eisenhower gave him the Medal of Honor, and his hometown of Gallup closed all the schools and businesses to celebrate him.
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Wow! God bless him. I cried when I read this. What he went through. I am so thankful that he got to come back home and be rewarded and recognized for his efforts in the war. I am blown away by this...
I like the stories, all true, on all sides of the many wars our politicians & supposed world leaders have gotten us into. Think about it.... Would the Army of Russia invaded Crimea or most recently Ukraine if it weren't for PUTIN? We all found out how corrupt the politicians were just prior to the 2020 elections, however they are a sovereign country. Ukraine has/HAD, such a great work force, and standing when it comes to its exportation of various goods required worldwide. With Putin leveling the cities & killing Women & children, just trying to escape his war machine, it stands to reason that the Russian people don't know (Due to corrupt media in THEIR Country as well,) what the Dictator has in mind. He's LYING TO HIS PEOPLE. A PROPAGANDA CAMPAIGN, delivered by Air should be instituted to inform the Russian Army, currently Fighting in Ukraine, of just what's going on. The People of Russia would insist on stopping this Genocide.