Dropping a Grenade in an Enemy Tank to Save Your Company - A Hero in the Battle of Tabu Dong
11,392At Tabu-dong, South Korea, Sergeant First Class Eduardo Corral Gomez risked his life and single-handedly pushed back the enemy to save his company’s lives.
The US Army’s Mexican American soldier was fighting in the Battle of Tabu-dong in September of 1950, an engagement that was part of the large-scale Battle of Pusan Perimeter during the Korean War.
Entrusted with keeping the United Nations headquarters secured, the US Army and the Republic of Korea Army troops withstood the North Korean People’s Army battalion for two weeks.
During a frenzied offensive by the North Koreans, American forces began to withdraw after enemy tanks supported advancing ground forces.
The US troops were quickly pinned down by intense rocket fire, and there seemed to be no way out of the incoming carnage.
It was Sergeant Gomez’s selfless act of bravery that gave his unit a fighting chance...
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