DOD: Medal of Honor Monday - Marine Corps Pvt. Hector Cafferata Jr.
November 28, 2022
November 28, 2022
WASHINGTON, Nov. 28 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following feature:
By Katie Lange
When one of the most vicious battles of the Korean War broke out, Marine Corps Pvt. Hector A. Cafferata Jr. almost singlehandedly kept enemy forces from pushing through a line that, if broken, would have left thousands of U.S. troops stranded. For his never-ending courage through that ordeal, he earned the Medal of Honor.
Cafferata was born on Nov. 4, 1929, in . . .
By Katie Lange
When one of the most vicious battles of the Korean War broke out, Marine Corps Pvt. Hector A. Cafferata Jr. almost singlehandedly kept enemy forces from pushing through a line that, if broken, would have left thousands of U.S. troops stranded. For his never-ending courage through that ordeal, he earned the Medal of Honor.
Cafferata was born on Nov. 4, 1929, in . . .