South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol will award his country’s highest decoration for valor to three American veterans of the Korean War during his upcoming state visit to Washington.
The six-day visit will mark the 70th anniversary of the alliance between the U.S. and the Republic of Korea.
Col. Puckett commanded the Eighth Army Ranger Company and fought off several waves of Chinese attackers after they captured Hill 205, a strategic location during the Battle of the Chongchon River in November 1950. He was wounded and spent almost a year in the hospital. Navy Captain Elmer Royce Williams shot down several Soviet jet fighters during a single dogfight in November 1952. He was flying the F9F Panther, the U.S. Navy’s first jet fighter, on a combat air patrol near the Yalu River, separating North Korea from China when seven MiG-15s jumped him.
A nephew of Baldomero Lopez will attend the ceremony on his behalf. He was killed on Sept. 15, 1950, during the Inchon Landing. He was struck by automatic fire as he was about to throw a hand grenade into an enemy pillbox. The explosive device fell to the ground.
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