fred mcgee . attention to orders. the president of the united states of america authorized by act of congress march 3, 1863 has posthumously awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to cpl. fred d mcgee united states army. for conspicuous gallantry at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. cpl. fred mcgee distinguished himself by gallantry and action near tang-wang-ni courier in 1952 and an assault on any fortified p positions . as gunner on a light machine gun and weapons squad cpl. mcgee delivered a heavy volume of supporting fire from an exposed position despite intense enemy machine gun and mortar fire on his location . though forced to move his gun several times he continued to support the assault and get covering fire to the assault elements of his platoon r. when his squad leader was wounded with several other members assumed command and moved the squad further forward to a more exposed position in order to deliver neutralizing fire on enemy machine gunssweeping the other platoon . whe

corporal fred mcgee, a midwesterner, a steelworker, and a gunner. he first integrated army units of the korean war, fred embodied the very best of our country. in june 1952, his unit was attacked. they took casualties. they were ordered to fall back, but fred refused, refused to leave until he helped every wounded soldier evacuate. private first class charlie johnson growing up, in the words of charlie's high school classmate, he was a heck of a football player. well, back in 1952, charlie signed up to serve in korea, trading his jersey for a uniform. during one battle, he gave his life to defend the bunker full of his wounded soldiers. his valor saved ten men, including an old high school classmate, general richard. excuse me, excuse me. cavazos, a young first lieutenant in korea, richard led his men through a difficult and deadly mission in enemy territory. eventually, he was ordered to retreat. but he stayed. he stayed, rescuing wounded soldiers one by one until every one of them was evacuated. richard went on to serve for three decades in the arm

[applause] victoria seacrest accepting on behalf of her father, corporal fred mcgee. president of the united states of america authorized by an actor covers march 3rd 1863 has posthumously awarded in the name of congress the medal of honor to corporal fred b mcgee. united states army. for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty. corporal fred b mcgee to state which himself i gallantry in action in korea on june 16th, 1t on enemy fortified positions. as a gunner on a light machine gun and a weapons squad, corporal mcgee delivered a heavy volume of fire from exposed position despite intense enemy machine gun and mortar fire directly on his location. though forced to move his gun several times, he continued to support the assault and give covering fire to the assault elements of his platoon. when his squad leader was wounded, together with several other members of his squad, he assumed command and move the squad even further forward to a more exposed position. in order to deliver neutralizing fire on enemy machine g

congress march 3rd 1863 posting is the word in the name of congress the medal of honor to corporate fred v mcgeees army for conspicuous gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his life above and beyond the call of duty for corporal fred e. distinguished himself near korea on june 161952 in an assault on enemy fortified positions. as gunner on a light machine gun and weapon scott corporal mcgee developed a heavy supporting fire from exposed positions despite the 10th enemy machine gun and mortar fire on his location. though forced to move his gun several times he continued to support the assault and give covering fire to the assault elements of his platoon. what a squad leader was wounded with several other members of his squad he assumed command and that the squad farther forward to more exposed position in order to deliver neutralizing fire on enemy machine gun sweeping the other assaults within the deadly fire. when his machine gunner was mortally wounded he took over the guns. an order he directed the squad to withdraw involuntarily remain behind and help evacuate the wounded and the dead. t